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Happening now: UWI symposium on regionalism, indigenous jurisprudence
CCJ Symposium programme The Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the International Labour Organization, the Organization of American States, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme, is hosting a symposium on Wednesday afternoon entitled ‘Advancing the Case for Regionalism and Indigenous Jurisprudence:…
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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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Badly needed: A Caribbean democracy
Last week, the University of the West Indies (UWI) held a two-day conference entitled 'Beyond Westminster in the Caribbean: Critiques, Challenges and Reform'. The objective was to examine the practice and contemporary processes of political reform in the region, assessing attempts to modify, regenerate, or overhaul the Westminster model of governance in the post-independence Caribbean. Speakers were drawn from the…
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CWA 2013 explores… Moving the regional coconut industry forward
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The vast potential of coconut industry in the Caribbean came under the microscope as the activities of the 12th edition of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) continued at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) in Georgetown. The CWA is being held under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security…
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Bunny Wailer, Professors Beckles, Shepherd to address Regional Reparations Conference
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Professors Sir Hilary Beckles and Verene Shepherd, as well as famed Jamaican reggae artiste Bunny Wailer, are among those who will make presentations at the three-day Regional Conference on Reparations which begins in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sunday. At the opening ceremony there will be addresses by Dr. the Hon Ralph Gonsalves,…
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UWI deputy principal to receive CARICOM women’s award
University of the West Indies deputy principal and gender professor Dr Violet Eudine Barriteau will receive the Caricom Triennial Award for Women for her remarkable contribution to the field of gender and development and her role as “a powerful exemplar of self-respect, self- discipline, vision and leadership”. The Triennial Award for Women was introduced in 1983 to recognise and honour…
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HAITI ONE YEAR LATER – CARICOM CONTINUES SUPPORT TO ITS MEMBER STATE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first Anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 looms, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing its steady and multi-pronged support to this Member State. At a recently concluded meeting co-ordinated by the Office of the Special Representative of CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, the Most Honourable…
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