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Premier Romeo briefs EU-OCT meeting on potential of geothermal energy
The Hon. Premier of Montserrat, Donaldson Romeo made a presentation this morning (Friday 27th February 2015) on geothermal energy at the conference of the European Commission and EU Overseas Countries and Territories being held in Tortola British Virgin Islands. Mr Romeo was at the time taking part in a round table event captioned ” Regional Cooperation: Unlocking the Potential of…
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Montserrat looks to boost private sector contribution
The European Union has provided Montserrat with EC$14.2 million (€4.275M) as part of the 10th European Development Fund General Budget Support (GBS) Programme, which has been paid directly to the state treasury. (Editor’s note: Treasury, Government of Montserrat) This is the third tranche of an overall total of EC$51 million (€15.6M) which was located to the territory by the EU.…
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Caribbean Public Health Agency aims to reduce child obesity by 2025
San Juan, (EFE).- The Caribbean Public Health Agency, or CARPHA, published a Plan of Action for Promoting Healthy Weights: 2014 – 2019, part of a push to reduce obesity among children and adolescents by 2025. CARPHA has an integrated strategy to address nutrition-related diseases in Caribbean countries, where the proportion of overweight or obese people is in the range of 28 percent to 35…
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