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Stage set for CARICOM talks with US President
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Competitiveness, energy and security will be the focus of the highly anticipated Summit between the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. The event takes place on Thursday April 9 in Kingston, Jamaica. Co-chaired by Chairman of CARICOM the Rt. Hon. Perry…
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Youth forum at UWI, Heroes Park visit on tight itinerary for Obama
United States President Barack Obama will maintain a tight itinerary during his visit to Jamaica this week. According to Jamaican Government spokespersons, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston late Wednesday evening on Air Force One, will be airlifted on one of the helicopters in the presidential Marine One fleet to the Jamaica Defence…
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Jamaica taking steps to address environmental breaches – Minister Pickersgill
MONTEGO BAY, April 1, 2015 – Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches. He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), actively prosecutes offenders through the courts, using the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA)…
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Jamaica at forefront of environmental agenda, says PM Portia Simpson-Miller
MONTEGO BAY, March 31, 2015 – Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says Jamaica, as a small island developing state, has always been at the forefront of the global environmental agenda. Speaking yesterday at the opening of the first ever Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, at the Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, Mrs. Simpson Miller said Jamaica’s presence…
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Environmental Rule of Law Meeting opens in Jamaica
More than 100 high-level officials including judges, prosecutors, parliamentarians, experts from international organizations, academics, students, and representatives of civil society and the private sector are meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica, for the first Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law. The two-day meeting opened on Monday and seeks to promote the development and strengthening of environmental legislation, policies and institutions…
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Caribbean Export, OAS partner to enhance businesses through ICT
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS) partnered with the Information and Communication Technology (CTIC) for the implementation of a training programme for ICT Advisors from 11 CARICOM countries. The countries are Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and…
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UN wants end to Racism, Intolerance as World Commemorates Anti-discrimination Day
Almost 50 years after the proclamation of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the UN has been told that too many individuals, communities and societies continue to suffer from the injustices and stigma brought by racism. The major historical tragedies related to racial or ethnic discrimination that had affected global history were not so remote that people could…
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Tech entrepreneurs head for training in Jordan
Three local start-up technology companies have been selected to benefit from a US$90,000 ($10.3 million)-investment and a trip to Jordan-based accelerator company Oasis500. Last year, Oasis500 inked a deal with the Government and the World Bank to invest up to US$30,000 in the tech entrepreneurs under the Youth Employment in Digital and Creative Industries (YEDCI) project. The three start-up projects,…
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister joins UN Secretary-General to remember victims of slavery – Flashback
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (2nd right) participates in the unveiling of the “Ark of Return” – the Permanent Monument to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade at the UN Visitors Plaza, New York on Wednesday, March 25. With the Prime Minister are (from left) Architect and Designer of the monument, Haitian American Rodney Leon;…
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Dietary Guidelines For Jamaica Established
KINGSTON, March 25, 2015 – Jamaica has joined six other Caribbean countries in implementing its own dietary guidelines with the aim of improving the nutritional well-being of citizens. The Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Jamaica, form part of efforts by the Government to provide nutrition and health-related recommendations to promote healthy eating habits and lifestyle in the population. The guidelines are…
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