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  • Photo of PANCAP aims to enhance HIV prevention, care, treatment and support with Knowledge Exchange Event

    PANCAP aims to enhance HIV prevention, care, treatment and support with Knowledge Exchange Event

    MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM FROM JAMAICA, SURINAME AND THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO EXPOSED TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S SUCCESSFUL MODEL OF CARE Monday, 11 June 2018 (PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat): The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, collaborated with the Integral Orientation and…

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  • Photo of Guyana signs open skies agreements

    Guyana signs open skies agreements

    By Ray Chickrie   NASSAU, Bahamas — During the ninth annual International Civil Aviation (ICAN) 2016 conference, which was held in Nassau, Bahamas, from December 5-9, 2016, Guyana signed open skies agreements with the Dominican Republic, India and South Korea. The agreement with India will allow an unlimited number of flights to six airports in India: New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad,…

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  • Photo of Black Sigatoka tolerant bananas harvested in Dominica

    Black Sigatoka tolerant bananas harvested in Dominica

    The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, has successfully harvested in Dominica types of banana and plantain, which are tolerant to the Black Sigatoka disease. CARDI Research Assistant, Gregory Linton, noted that the crops—referred to as ‘FHIA’— unlike the local Cavendish, do not allow Black Sigatoka to progress past its second stage…

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  • Photo of Haiti and the Dominican Republic to Pool Resources to Attract Foreign Direct Investment

    Haiti and the Dominican Republic to Pool Resources to Attract Foreign Direct Investment

    The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Centre for Facilitation of Investments of Haiti (CFI) and the Export and Investment Centre of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), conducted a workshop on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) lead generation, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from March 15-17, 2016. CFI’s General Director, Ms. Norma Powell, opened the session welcoming participants…

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  • Crisis related to Dominicans of Haitian Descent and Haitian Migrants in The Dominican Republic

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to advocate for a resolution to the crisis which makes approximately 250,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic stateless. A 2013 Constitutional ruling by the Dominican Republic (DR) Government effectively renders stateless anyone with foreign ancestry born in 1929 or later. The international community’s response to this decision, established as …

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  • Photo of Belize donates to Dominica recovery programme

    Belize donates to Dominica recovery programme

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize is pleased to inform that the Government of Belize will make a cash contribution in the sum of US$125,000 to the Government of Dominica for its relief efforts. Press Release, Belize Foreign Ministry See full release: Belmopan. September 9, 2015. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belize presents its compliments to the Ministry…

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  • OAS Proposes Mechanisms for Dominican Republic-Haiti Dialogue and Support for Displaced Persons

    The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, today recommended the establishment of mechanisms of dialogue between the Dominican Republic and Haiti to resolve the situation in the border zone between the two countries, beginning with a meeting between the two sides.   In addition, the OAS leader proposed seeking mechanisms to help the displaced persons,…

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  • Photo of Caribbean Export Awards €700,000 to Agri-business and Handicraft Firms in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

    Caribbean Export Awards €700,000 to Agri-business and Handicraft Firms in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

    The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has awarded €700,000 to 31 firms and Business Support Organizations (BSOs) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic via the Binational Grants Programme, as part of the Haiti/Dominican Republic Binational Programme, Commerce Component, funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The announcement was made at the launch and reimbursement workshops…

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  • Photo of EPA Capacity-Building Project Launched

    EPA Capacity-Building Project Launched

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, in collaboration with key partners, launched a €3,099,915 Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)-centered Capacity-building Project, in Georgetown, Guyana on 25 March. The Project’s specific objective is to contribute to the effective implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, with…

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  • Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname Communicate their Consent to Receive On-Site Visits in Fifth Round of the OAS Anti-Corruption Mechanism

    The governments of Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Suriname confirmed this week to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) their consent to receive on-site visits as part of the Fifth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS. The five countries notified the MESICIC…

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