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CARIFESTA XII begins August 21 in Haiti

The Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XII) 2015 will be hosted in Haiti August 21-30.

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The Plenipotentiary Representative of Mexico to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Iván Roberto Sierra Medel, presents his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General, CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque
CARICOM accredits new Mexican envoy

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Mexican States on Wednesday solidified diplomatic relations with

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File photo: Mrs Emontine Thompson (centre) at her sales outlet at the Charlestown Public Market, with the PS for Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration Mr Eric Evelyn and the acting manager for Nevis branch of the Development Bank of St. Kitt
Nevis Dept. of Agriculture to observe Agriculture Awareness Month in May

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (APRIL 30, 2015) -- The third annual Agriculture Awareness Month hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, will begin on May 1st with a range of agriculture-related activities pr

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France to modernise Haiti’s education system

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – French President Francois Hollande has promised to finance a large scale education programme to modernise the country’s education system.

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ENERGY Minister Kevin Ramnarine
Ramnarine: T&T to produce cleaner diesel fuel

ENERGY Minister Kevin Ramnarine said Trinidad and Tobago may soon be producing a cleaner alternative to diesel fuel when the recently-signed Mitsubish project comes on line.

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Interim Statement Of The CARICOM Election Observer Mission - Voting process transparent, free and…

The CARICOM Election Observer Mission to the just-concluded elections in Guyana said that the voting process was transparent, free an

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Bahamas Minister of Financial Services, Hon. C. V. Hope Strachan (centre) signing the MOU, while Permanent Secretary, Mr. David Davis and Director of The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality, Dr. Renae Ferguson-Bufford look on.
Accreditation and Metrology Services Given a Boost in The Bahamas

As the newest standards bureau in the region, The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) is now well on the way to enhancing its offering of accreditation and measurement standardisation se

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CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (c) and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (r) meet French President Francois Hollande at the Caribbean-France Climate Change Summit
Caribbean Leaders Sign off on Climate Change Declaration

The document makes a special appeal to the conscience of the world’s richest countries to do their part to help small island developing states.

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Caribbean-France Regional Summit: CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (c); Prime Minister of Barbados and incoming CARICOM Chairman Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart (r) and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocq
Redesign climate change architecture to promote development in developing countries: CARICOM…

The region’s challenge associated with the on-going Climate Change negotiations is that even if the goal to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2°C is achieved, the Caribbean will experience severe adve

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Caribbean Leaders prepare for major global climate change talks

Heads of Government and organisations from the Caribbean gathered in Martinique Saturday  to discuss the impact of climate change on the nations of the region.

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Haiti’s President among regional Heads for Saturday’s Climate Change Summit

Haiti’s President H.E. Michel Martelly arrives in Martinique to take part in the regional Summit “Caribbean Climate 2015, on Saturday 9 May 2015.

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Head of the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission, Mr. Earl Anthony Simpson of Jamaica (centre) and Ms. Josephine Amelita Tamai of Belize, Deputy Chief of Mission (right) at a Press Conference moderated by Mr. Kendol Morgan Programme Manager, Communicat
Arrival Statement By Chief Of Mission CARICOM Election Observation Mission to The General…

We are indeed grateful for the warm welcome we have received and we are pleased to be here in Guyana for the General and Regional Elections slated to be held on 11 May 2015.
 

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Music as Regional Glue - Viewpoint by Dave Martins

We have been at it as far back as 1921, when the Jamaican legislature saw a motion to ask the British Colonial Office to consult the other islands on the idea of a federation – this notion of regio

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Culture and Integration- CARIFESTA 2013

As Head of State of Suriname, I must acknowledge that it is a privilege to organise the eleventh CARIFESTA, `Culture for Development: Celebrating our Diversity and Promoting the Central Role of Cul

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CARCIOM Secretariat launches projects on Market Infrastructure, Market Information in Agriculture

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat recently launched two initiatives to support the development of the Region’s agriculture sector relative to the assessment of the market infrastructure

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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque addresses the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago
Speech by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General,  Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At…

It is indeed a pleasure for me personally, as well as the CARICOM Secretariat, to be associated with this “one of a kind” event.

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