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Fighting climate change with community action
FONDES AMANDES, Trinidad, Feb 18 2015 (IPS) – Not far above Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain, in a corner of the St. Ann’s valley in the Northern Range, the community of Fondes Amandes has come together since 1982 to respond to climate change. For several years, bush fires reduced their forested surroundings to burned grass and charred tree stumps. Locals have also…
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Two Caribbean countries to benefit from fisheries project
(PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries stand to benefit from a project to establish ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management in the Guianas-Brazil Shelf. The project is a joint investment by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The pilot project will be carried out as a collaboration…
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TnT gets endorsement to host Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat
February 09, 2015: Trinidad and Tobago successfully secured the endorsement of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for its candidature to host the Secretariat of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This has ensured that Trinidad and Tobago’s bid was recognised and approved by the majority of States in the Western Hemisphere. The endorsement took place at the…
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At CELAC: PM Christie focuses on human development, migration, poverty reduction
The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Chairman of theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday focused on human development, migration and poverty as he addressed the opening ceremony of the CELAC Summit underway in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Summit is being held under the theme `Building Together’. I wish to identify with the…
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CARICOM Leaders and US in Energy Summit in Washington
During their one-day stay in Washington, the CARICOM Heads of Government will also engage in a follow up meeting with the Vice President to gauge progress on the issues agreed to during their meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in May 2013. Their day will begin with a breakfast discussion on climate change issues with the US. Keynote…
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US$1b energy fund for CARICOM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has proposed a US$1 billion “Caribbean Energy Thematic Fund” for Caricom member states to address regional energy security. Speaking at the First Caribbean Energy Security Summit in Washington, DC yesterday, she reaffirmed Government’s commitment to working with the United States and other Caribbean countries in fostering a “cleaner, more sustainable energy future” in the region. In…
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St. Lucia’s Prime Minister congratulates CCJ on Ten
St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony congratulates the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on its tenth anniversary and speaks of his country’s plans for accessing the Court’s appellate jurisdiction. The CCJ was inaugurated on 16 April, 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago where it is headquartered. Its central role is providing legal certainty to the operations of the CARICOM Single Market and…
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Final push to launch U.N. negotiations on High Seas Treaty
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations will make its third – and perhaps final – attempt at reaching an agreement to launch negotiations for an international biodiversity treaty governing the high seas. A four-day meeting of a U.N. Ad Hoc Working Group is expected to take a decision by Friday against a September 2015 deadline to begin…
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Region warned to be prepared for massive earthquake
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 13, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid predictions of the Caribbean being hit with an earthquake with a magnitude of eight or larger. “We must develop, legislate and enforce Building Codes using up-to-date seismic hazard…
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Trinidadians get assurance on State of Economy – PM Persad- Bissessar’s address on the state of the economy
January 9, 2015: The following is a statement made my Prime Minister, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the evening of January 8, 2015 on matters of the state of the economy: My fellow citizens, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. When we last spoke on the eve of the New Year, 2015, I made a commitment to have this conversation with…
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