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OAS undertaking cultural project in CARICOM countries
Expanding the Socio-Economic Value of Cultural Heritage in the Caribbean BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – At least 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are participating in an innovative-multi-nation initiative aimed at identifying untapped cultural heritage resources and to develop new tools for monitoring and incentivising their protection. The Organisation of American States (OAS) project which is being funded by the United States, is…
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Saint Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The St. Lucia government says it will soon table legislation that will allow for the island to make the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) its final court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said that St. Lucia has a provision in its Constitution that is identical to a provision of the…
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ILO holds National Bipartite Meetings for social partners in Saint Lucia and Grenada
The first Meeting in Saint Lucia will be held at the Bay Gardens Hotel on Tuesday, 7 July; and the Meeting in Grenada will be held at the Public Workers' Union on Thursday, 9 July. Under the EU-funded Programme to strengthen the capacity of the Caribbean Employers' Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) to enable them to…
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Saint Lucians on heat stroke alert as drought conditions persist
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Friday May 5, 2015 – St. Lucia’s Ministry of Health has put the public on alert for increased risk of heat stroke and other heat related illnesses in light of the continuing drought conditions affecting the island. Heat stroke, also known as sunstroke, is a severe illness caused by the body overheating, usually as a result of…
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Prolonged Drought Leaves Caribbean Farmers Broke and Worried
CASTRIES, Jun 2 2015 (IPS) – St. Lucian farmer Anthony Herman was hoping that next year he’d manage to recoup some of the losses he sustained after 70 per cent of his cashew crop withered and died in the heat of the scorching southern Caribbean sun. But on June 1, the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season which coincides with the…
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Caribbean countries to improve climate change resilience with IDB grant
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday May 28, 2015 – The Caribbean region will increase its resilience to climate change by enhancing the adaptive capacity across the region through a US$10.39 million grant approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project is the implementation of the Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Track of the Pilot Program For Climate Resilience and it…
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Engagements with major emerging world economies among matters for discussion as CARICOM Foreign Ministers meet
The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM’s) engagement with important third countries is among matters on a packed agenda of a Meeting of the Region’s Foreign Ministers in Saint Lucia, 20–22 May, 2015. This Eighteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will also discuss modalities for selection of candidates for international organisations and matters related to the Region’s participation in…
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EU funding project to develop coconut industry in the C’bean
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The European Union is financing a project aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of small-scale coconut farmers by identifying market opportunities, creating synergies between national and regional programmes and improving access to advisory services for improved production. The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in partnership with the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (ITC) and the…
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Dominica State College students welcome CSME
Students of the Dominica State College (DSC), who recently returned from a Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) study tour in St. Lucia, have welcomed the regional initiative. The group of nineteen ‘student ambassadors’ engaged both public and private sector on that island to observe and explore opportunities through regional integration. “The whole idea of the visit was to expose…
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Task force on climate change meets in Saint Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Apr 21, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change meets here on Tuesday ahead of the May 9 summit in Martinique to be attended by French President Francois Hollande. The meeting here is being convened by the Belize based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and will be chaired by Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology…
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