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Private sector urged to invest

The cultural industries sector can help to boost the local economy, but it calls for an all of society approach, including the support of the private sector to ensure that it can achieve that goa

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Caricom
Caribbean Plant Health Officials Meet to Discuss Strategies to Improve Food Security, Expand…

Grand Cayman Island, - 1st August,2014 – During the period July 29 to August 1, 2014, representatives from more than 20 Caribbean countries and territories and several partner organizations, incl

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Caricom
MIIC state minister urges youth to choose careers in ICT

KINGSTON, Jamaica--Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams says there must be a stronger effort to foster a culture of entrepreneurship amo

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Dry spell could stretch to next season, says Met Office

THE Meteorological Service of Jamaica is forecasting that the drought that parts of the island have been experiencing could continue into the January to April dry season of 2015.

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Caricom
Solving the education challenge

TWO pieces of information published over the last couple of days or so highlight the challenges that some Caribbean countries are facing when it comes to financing higher education.

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Minister Asot Michael with FCCA Executive Head Michelle Paige and members of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation in Miami along with their counterparts from the FCCA.
Tourism minister outlines development plans for the sector

Tourism Minister Asot Michael will be wrapping up talks with tourism stakeholders in Canada and the US this weekend.

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Caricom
UNSIDS Conference outcome important for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is viewing the Third International Meeting on Small Island Developing States

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Caricom
Caribbean Export Supports Haiti’s Private Sector

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) recently held a series of high level meetings with Ministry officials and key Stakeholders in Haiti.

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Members of the CARICOM Secretariat Barbados Office who form part of the working group
CARICOM Secretariat strengthens internal risks management system

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Secretariat is actively pursuing enhancements to systems and procedures required of organisations t

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Stakeholders have begun dialogue on a new consumer warning system. L-r Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade Ambassador Collin Murdoch, Deputy Programme Manager with the (CSME) Unit, Philip McClauren and Director of the Prices and Consumer Aff
CARICOM Consumer Warning System being rolled out

n online consumer-protection warning system now exists, in which 13 million consumers in the 14 Caricom member states can alert authorities to dangerous products on the market.

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Deputy Programme Manager, CSME, Mr. Philip McClauren
Remarks by Deputy Programme Manager, CSME, Mr. Philip McClauren   At the Opening…

Salutation! I bring greetings from the CARICOM Secretary General. The objectives of the CARREX in-country mission are twofold:

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Caricom
Caribbean Export Strengthens Relations in the Dominican Republic

Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) Pamela Coke-Hamilton addressed an audience of beneficiaries and key partners and extended congratulations to the f

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Caricom
CARICOM Moves to Harmonize Business Rules in CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has started work towards creating a harmonized framework within which compani

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Martha Bohlale Rakuoane
Turks and Caicos student wins COTA 2014 essay competition

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Martha Bohlale Rakuoane, a student of the Helena J.

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Caricom
Cayman establishes regional HIV evaluation

Government officials are working with British and Dutch overseas Caribbean territories to strengthen the region’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Caricom
COHSOD Endorses Holistic Strategy to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has approved a Strategy and Plan to reduce the numb

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Caricom
CARICOM Canada project improving regional flow of CSME information

Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis
to benefit from capacity-building project

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Tobago Readies New Anti-Crime Plan

Tobago’s government is planning a new push to combat crime, according to Chief Secretary Orville London.

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Caricom
PASCF Statement on Reparations Owed

Following the historic London Reparations March from Brixton to 10 Downing Street organised by the Rastafari Movement in Britain on 1st August 2014, the PASCF issues the following statement – the

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Caricom
Statement on the Israel Palestine Conflict in Gaza

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reiterates its call for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza to bring an end to the hostilitie

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