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Jessica Faieta during an interview to a Cuban reporter in Havana. Photo: UNDP Cuba
UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy

Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and&nbs

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About 10 Million People, Mostly Rural Poor, Have Gained Access To Modern Energy Services Through Undp-supported Projects Over The Past Decade. Photo: Undp In Nicaragua
UNDP, IDB, ECLAC to boost access to sustainable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Washington, 23 February 2015- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launc

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Ronald Jackson. (Credit:Loop)
Caribbean now has facility for disaster training

A Caribbean Training Centre, warehouse and the Regional Coordination Centre are all now housed with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA), new eight million dollar headquarte

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Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart
Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations, Prime Minister Stuart

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but

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Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Germany in session in Berlin, Germany.
Intensifying cooperation with the Caribbean Community: Germany’s Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his counterparts from the states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a conference in Berlin on 2 March.

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Cultivating a Caribbean Specialty

The production of cacao is globally concentrated in the regions between 10 degrees north and 10 degrees south of the equator, namely Central and South America, West Africa and the Caribbean. T

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Some of the participants in the two-day training programme on the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project Workflow Management System at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. (GP)
Training In Workflow Management Systems

Over 20 Barbadian frontline personnel are now better equipped to streamline information to facilitate improved access to data under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to better share

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Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) paid a Courtesy Call on the Hon. Shane Gibson, Minister of Labour and National Insurance and the Public Service on Monday, March 2, 2015 at the Ministry of Labour. Pictured fr
ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour to address ‘Decent Work for Sustainable Development’

The 9th ILO Meeting of the Caribbean Ministers of Labour, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Government of The Baha

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The Aedes Egypti mosquito, which causes the Chikungunya virus. Although Chikungunya does not cause death, like dengue fever, which is also spread by the Aedes Egypti mosquito, Chikungunya can cause infected persons to have joint pains for more than t
Ministry Of Health Declares Chikungunya Epidemic Officially Over

A year after the first reported case of Chikungunya in January 2014 the Ministry of 

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Food security and a balanced diet for all must be combined with the knowledge of indigenous peoples’ food systems and livelihoods as a contribution to sustainable development. Credit: IFAD
Indigenous food systems should be on the development menu

ROME, Feb 23 2015 (IPS) - Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in the 21st century no longer means simply increasing the quantity of available food but also the quality.

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The CARICOM delegation: Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is 5th from left
First conference of CARICOM and German Foreign Ministers opens in Berlin

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Region’s Foreign Ministers on Monday began a two-day conference with German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin, Germany.

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Communiqué Issued Following The Conclusion of the Twenty-sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of the…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CAR

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Promising prospects for CARICOM Customs harmonisation process

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Representatives of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have further developed guidelines for improvements

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CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector t

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Prime Minister of Barbados Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart (r) makes a point to the media as CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (c) and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Hon. Gaston Browne look on.
Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister

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Regional Seismic and Tsunami Risk Workshop

Bridgetown, Barbados, March 2, 2015 (CDEMA) - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in association with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM

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Head Table – closing press conference (l-r): CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne; Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of The Bahamas the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie
Regional initiative to tackle banking threat

CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to establish a Committee of Finance Ministers to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks on a plan to deal with the region being unjustly labeled a high

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Caribbean writers, animators create appealing children’s stories

Caribbean writers and animators have taken up the call for creating their own stories using tools and media that appeal to children.

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A worker at Fondes Amandes demonstrates the building of fire traces. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Fighting climate change with community action

FONDES AMANDES, Trinidad, Feb 18 2015 (IPS) - Not far above Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain, in a corner of the St.

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