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Invest in improvement of statistics – SG urges Member States

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has urged Member States to invest in the improvement of the producti

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Participants Orfila Rodriguez and Leidi Jorge; and teachers Yaniel Rodriguez and Maite Dumenigo.
Dominican and Haitian Artisans Receive Training from Cuban Masters

Twenty artisans from Haiti and the Dominican Republic have honed their design and craft skills following a 25-day training programme with two of Cuba’s most accomplished master artisans Maité Dumen

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Executive Director, CDEMA, Mr. Ronald Jackson
Communities have important role in emergency events – CDEMA Head

In the Caribbean, we have recognised that communities have significant local knowledge of the environment and climate, including changes which may have been experienced over a period of time and ev

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UN Secretary-General
Today is International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13th 2015)

International Day for Disaster Reduction is being observed today under the theme ‘Knowledge for life’.

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Reparations for Native Genocide And Slavery

Caribbean Movement for Reparatory Justice

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Crisis related to Dominicans of Haitian Descent and Haitian Migrants in The Dominican Republic

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to advocate for a resolution to the crisis which makes approximately 250,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitian mi

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Moko Disease Threatens Suriname Banana Sector

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 06 2015 – The banana industry in Suriname is currently facing a serious threat from the so-called Moko disease, which has affected nearly a quarter of the country’s 2,000

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Director of the United Nations Population Fund Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean, Sheila Roseau makes a point on adolescent pregnancy in the Caribbean at a recent Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ held at the Agency’s hea
UNFPA Implements Strategic Framework Targeting Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health

A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

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PM of Grenada Mitchel (left) with Dominica’s PM Skerrit at the press conference
Grenada declares special day for Dominica

Having experienced the pains and devastation of Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the island of Grenada is expressing solidarity with Dominica as it too grapples with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Erika an

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Montserrat’s Premier Hon. Romeo, Hon. David Osborne (centre) joined by, Hon. Richard Sealy, Minister of Tourism International Transport, Barbados and Chairman of the CTO, (left) and Mr. Hugh Riley, Secretary General ,CTO
CTO gets first hand look at Montserrat’s tourism potential

Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) paid a visit to Montserrat on Friday October 9th, 2015.

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UNFPA implements strategic framework targeting adolescent sexual reproductive health

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – A sexual and reproductive health information programme, to teach parents how to talk to their children about sex, is among several strategies proposed by the United Nation

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Former Jamaica Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.
Mere acknowledgement insufficient – PJ Patterson to British PM on Slavery

“You have refused to apologize.   Yet your Government has apologized to everyone else for horrid crimes.   Are we not worthy of an apology or less deserving?

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Bevil Wooding, left, one of the founders of CaribNOG, leads a session at the seventh installment of the regional technology development event, held in Roseau, Dominica from April 28 to May 2, 2014. Photo courtesy CaribNOG.
International experts head to Belize for regional tech conference

BELIZE CITY, Belize -- A full line-up of international tech experts will gather in Belize from November 2 to 6, when Belize City plays host to a historic regional ICT development conference.

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Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secretariat at the Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture at the CARICOM Secretariat on 8 October, 2015.
Food self-sufficiency identified as Region’s primary agriculture thrust – CARICOM ASG

Progress towards food self-sufficiency and the achievement of economic and technical efficiency in food production were the primary objectives a senior 

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Delegates at the Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture at the CARICOM Secretariat, 8 October, 2015.
New day dawns for agriculture

Policy-makers and other stakeholders in the Region’s agriculture sector have been challenged to quickly move forward with renewed resolve to ensure increased productivity and competitiveness in the

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Strategic Response Necessary For Aids In The Caribbean To End By 2030


Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 07, 2015 (SKNIS): A strategic response to HIV/AIDS is necessary in order for St. Kitts and Nevis and the wider Caribbean to end AIDS by 2030.
 

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