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Delegates at the meeting
Region advancing protocol on Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, THURSDAY, 19 April 2018 (CRFM)—Fisheries officials from Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mec
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A riot of colour as Form 3C performs a Haitian dance
Fascinating, sophisticated displays at The Bishops’ High School CARICOM Project event
The Bishops’ High School in Georgetown, Guyana, hosted its annual 9th Grade (3rd Form) CARICOM Project at the school o
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From left, the Hon. Paul Lewis, Minister of Communications, Works and Labour, Montserrat; Dr. Devon Gardner, Programme Manager, Energy, CARICOM Secretariat; and Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, CARICOM Secr
CCREEE, regional energy security among matters before Ministers at Special COTED
Montserrat deposited its instruments of ratification of the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Centre for Renewable
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UK’s May apologises to Caribbean countries over treatment of post-war migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May apologised to representatives from 12 Caribbean countries on Tuesday over recent harsh treatment by immigration bureaucrats of peop
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Delegates and facilitators pause for a photo op after the opening ceremony of the Workshop at the CARICOM Secretariat Tuesday morning
CARIFORUM Customs officials begin three-day workshop in Georgetown
A Regional Workshop aimed at building capacity in the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), began this morning at the 
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Delegates at the ACP Meeting last week in Brussels. (Photo via ACP Secretariat)
Name change on the horizon for ACP Grouping
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Georgetown Agreement, which was signed in the capital of Guyana in 1975, bringing into being the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, is undergoing a wide-rang
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Dr. C. James Hospedales
Health is a critical resource for living – World Health Day Message from Dr. C. James Hospedales, CARPHA executive director
“Health is a human right and a critical resource for living. There is general recognition that health and access to health services are essential to individual, community and national development.
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L-R: Dr Martin Oditt, UNAIDS Country Director, Dr Edward Greene PANCAP Advisor, Dr Hector Butts, Finance Secretary Ministry of Finance – Guyana and Mr Dereck Springer Director of PANCAP.
HIV Sustainability and Domestic Financing
Thursday 5 April 2018, Georgetown Guyana: Sustainability of the Region’s HIV response continues to be a priority of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PAN
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Barbados Minister suggests bigger private sector role in regional standards
Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has called on regional standards bodies to make greater use of the skills offered by the priv
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Minister Khemraj Ramjattan at the podium. Also in photograph are, from left, Mr. Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Chargé d' Affaires, US Embassy in Guyana; Mr Jean-Ricot Dormeus, OAS/CICAD Representative to Guyana; Ms. Beverly Reynolds, Coordinator
Evidence-based, data-driven policies to address drug situation, other crimes – Khemraj Ramjattan
The importance of drug observatories in the fight against the illegal drug situation was reiterated throughout the Opening Ceremony of the Regional Seminar for National Drug Observatories in the Ca
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Caribbean must strengthen its Internet infrastructure
Saturday, March 31, 2018 — Internet expert calls for greater regional network resilience and security. ST VINCENT: The Caribbean will have to strengthen its critical Internet infrastru
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CEO of CROSQ Secretariat, Mr. Deryck Omar.
Standards, trade, health on agenda of CROSQ Council of Directors
International and regional organisations are scheduled to be in Barbados from April 4-6, 2018, for the 32nd meeting of the Council of Directors of the 
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Cross- section of participants at the meeting
Successor Cotonou Agreement must take into account Region’s vulnerabilities – CARIFORUM Council of Ministers
The successor to Cotonou Partnership Agreement between the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and the European Union must take into account the inherent and exogenous vulnerabilities of the
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Wigton Wind Farm (Photo via Jamaica Gleaner)
CXC to conduct region-wide training for teachers for CAPE’s Green Engineering Subject
Kingston, JAMAICA – In efforts to build the Caribbean’s capacity in the delivery of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)’s Green Engineering Syllabus, 
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PM Gaston Browne and Cabinet sworn in
The Hon. Gaston Browne was on Thursday sworn in as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda for the second time, following his landslide victory in general election held on Wednesday, 21 March, 2018.
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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and World Customs Organisations Secretary-General, Kunio Mikuriya sign the Memorandum of Understanding
CARICOM, World Customs Organisation, sign MOU for capacity-building support to Region’s Customs Administrations
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Secretary-General of the&nbsp
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