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AMCHAM Jamaica, T&T turn to SOCA to expand services sector under CBI
THE American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed to promote trade and investments in services between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries and the United States through the 32-year-old Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The joint effort will utilise the foundation laid by Services of the Caribbean (SOCA), a regional effort which was launched in Washington, DC two years ago to switch CBI…
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Caribbean community climate-smarting fisheries, but slowly
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 18, 2015, IPS – Caribbean nations have begun work on a plan to ‘climate smart’ the region’s fisheries as part of overall efforts to secure food supplies. The concept is in keeping with plans by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) to improve the “integration of agriculture and climate readiness” as the region prepares to…
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Six Caribbean countries to benefit from new energy initiative
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Six Caribbean countries will benefit from an US$500,000 energy statistical capacity-building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). Jamaica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname are included in the initiative that seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow for analysis of the…
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Announces State Visit By United States President Barack Obama
The Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is pleased to announce that His Excellency Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, will pay a State Visit to Jamaica on 9th April 2015. President Obama and Prime Minister Simpson Miller will hold bilateral discussions on a range of issues of mutual interest. During the visit, Jamaica will…
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Two Disaster Risk Reduction Projects funded through CDB programme launched in Jamaica
Community-based disaster risk management is a critical and essential part of the process of building a nation’s preparedness and resilience to disasters. This was the message from the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Director of Projects, Michelle Cross Fenty, as she launched disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation projects in two parishes in Jamaica. The two projects are being funded…
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Jamaica highly vulnerable to climate change
TECHNICAL officer in the government's Climate Change Division, Dr Orville Grey, says that Jamaica and other small island developing states are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. “If we look at Jamaica and where we're located, hurricanes make us extremely vulnerable, and because of that, adaptation is an important aspect of our negotiations in dealing with climate change,”…
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Jamaica to Launch $6 Million Climate Change Resilience Project
Jamaica is slated to launch a $6 million climate change resilience project in the greater Kingston metropolitan area, the government announced this week. The project is called “Building Climate Resilience of Urban Systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in LAC.” The latter refers to Latin America and the Caribbean, where Jamaica was one of three countries selected by the United Nations…
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Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop
Bridgetown, Barbados, March 2, 2015 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in association with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Jamaica and with the support of the Governments of Chile and Spain under the Chilespana triangular cooperation, will host a Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop from March 3rd -4th, 2015 at ODPEM''s Office in…
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Jamaican cell phone users to get number portability – Technology Minister
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers. Speaking at the official opening of the Farm…
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Showing a path forward on clean energy in the Caribbean | Dymphna van der Lans
Dymphna van der Lans MANCHESTER, Jamaica, Monday February 23, 2015 – On Friday, officials from the Clinton Foundation joined government leaders and energy experts in Manchester, Jamaica to celebrate the groundbreaking of Phase III of the Wigton Windfarm. This project is expanding what is already the largest wind power project in the Caribbean Community. At the Clinton Climate Initiative, part of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation,…
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