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Caribbean To Get US$200-Million Energy Facility

Noting that the Caribbean region is faced with high-energy costs and that the use of renewables could help reduce prices, a senior member of Spain's government has indicated that a green-energy fac

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CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Dr. Douglas Slater with 10K winners Cleveland Forde of Guyana and Tonya Nero of Trinidad and Tobago, in Antigua and Barbuda 2014
CARICOM 10K runs off on Sunday in Barbados

Amateur and professional athletes from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet early Sunday (28 June) to compete in the Eleventh Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race on Bay Street Espl

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New Caribbean Basin Initiative called for focused on tourism

MIAMI, USA -- The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), representing the private sector tourism interests of the region, has called for the establishment of a Caribbean Basin Tourism Init

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CARICOM appeals to Dominican Republic to halt expulsions

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) calls on the Government of the Dominican Republic not to expel tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent.

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CARICOM Convenes National Consultations on Single Jurisdiction for Companies

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat kicks off a series of national consultations across Member States s

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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller emphasises a point shortly before the historic vote on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Bills in the House of Representatives on May 12. The members voted 42 to 21 in favour of the CCJ replacing the United Kin
CARICOM states urged to give CCJ 10th anniversary gift of ‘full accession’

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in April, celebrated 10 years of existence as the regional court for the Caribbean.

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Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, is reporting a number of positive developments for Jamaica and the wider region, coming out of the Second European Union/Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU
Positive Outcomes From EU/CELAC Summit

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J.

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Barbados reaffirms role in climate change flight

BARBADOS has reaffirmed its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and combating the challenges posed by climate change.

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Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon  Freundel Stuart
PM Stuart: CARICOM Single Market on the march

THE SINGLE MARKET component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is “on the march”, says Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, while the Single Economy element has been a little more challenging beca

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CARICOM Youth Ambassador from St. Kitts and Nevis , Ms. Sonia Boddie recently represented the Region at a Youth and Internet: Fighting Radicalisation and Extremism at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The conference, which was held from 16-17 June, 2
CYA attends UNESCO conference on youth and internet in Paris

The two-day event ,which was conducted in both English and French, brought together more than 250 officials, academics, policy-makers, youth NGO’s, experts and practitioners from a range of in

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Experts meeting to discuss options for renewable energy

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, CMC – A three-day meeting bringing together some of the world’s leading renewable energy experts considering options for renewable energy development in the Caribbean an

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Youth Parliamentarians
Youth Parliament Debate on CARICOM

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
Press Release (No.05)
22 / June/ 2015

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Head of the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness, Indera Sagewan-Ali (Photo: http://antiguaobserver.com)
Economist says Regional education systems must be refocused

An economist is calling for an overhaul of the education system in the region in order to bolster development.

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CHTA proposes Caribbean Basin Tourism Initiative

The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) yesterday called for the establishment of a Caribbean Basin Tourism Initiative (CBTI) to address the Caribbean's socioeconomic challenges and st

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Celebrating four decades of progress and prosperity

For 40 years, Regional integration has been driven by the central aims of improving economic and social wellbeing for all.

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New approaches to managing disaster focus on resilience

UNITED NATIONS, Friday June 19, 2015, IPS – Natural disasters have become a fact of life for millions around the world, and the future forecast is only getting worse.

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What you need to know about the “new” STI in Jamaica

What is mycoplasma genitalium?

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