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Barbados Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth Stephen Lashley handing over baton to CARIFESTA XIIII 2019 host country Trinidad and Tobago, Minister of Culture and Art, Dr Nyan Gadsby.
CARIFESTA XIII concludes; Trinidad and Tobago next host

The curtains came down on the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA XIII last evening.

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(Left to right) President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Prime Minister Freundel Stuart; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, during their meeting at Ilaro Court today. (C.Pitt/BGIS)
Barbados & Chile To Strengthen Relations

 

Left to right) President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet; Prime Minister Freundel Stuart; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

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Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet and Executive Director of CDEMA, Ronald Jackson, chatting while on a tour of the Agency’s headquarters today. Also pictured is Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Adriel Brathwaite (right).
Climate change, disaster prevention highlighted during Chilean President’s visit to CDEMA

 

There is a lot that Barbados could learn from Chile, especially given that country’s experience with seismic matters.

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CARIFESTA XIII Opening Ceremony, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, 20 August, 2017
Cultural traditions, country colours, costumes on show as CARIFESTA XIII opens
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Her Excellency Elisabeth Eklund and CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, during the accreditation ceremony on Wednesday
CARICOM SG ASKS SWEDEN’S HELP ON BLACKLISTING ISSUE

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has urged Sweden to use its position in two major international organisations to highlight the unfair labelling of s

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Her Excellency Elisabeth Eklund and CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, during the accreditation ceremony on Wednesday
CARICOM SG calls for new model for development finance

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) believes that a new model for development finance needs to be considered.

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Coconut industry benefits from CARDI project

Since the implementation of the Caribbean Coconut Industry Development Project two-and-a-half years ago, the Caribbean Agricultural Res

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What does ‘climate-smart agriculture’ really mean? New tool breaks it down

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 14 2017 (IPS) - A Trinidadian scientist has developed a mechanism for determining the degree of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) compliance with respec

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Canadian musicians ready for CARIFESTA (Photo via TorontoCaribbean)
Canada sending large contingent to CARIFESTA XIII

More than 66 artists, spearheaded by the Canadian-Caribbean Arts Network (C-CAN), are heading to Barbados for CARIFESTA XIII which opens later this week, the TorontoCaribbean 

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CARIFESTA XIII – An opportunity for Regional economic progress

Asserting our future, celebrating ourselves is the theme for the thirteenth  Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA XIII), which  takes place in Barbados on Augus

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FLASHBACK: Fashion at CARIFESTA XII in Haiti (CARICOM Secretariat photo)
Caribbean Export brings regional designers to CARIFESTA XIII

At this year’s CARIFESTA XIII hosted in Barbados, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will be facilitating the participation of designers a

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CARIFESTA Rock Hall Living Museum
Members of the public are invited to the CARIFESTA Rock Hall Living Museum,
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Delegates at the Forty-Fourth General Meeting of the Regional Nursing Body being at the the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana
Regional Nursing Body Meets in Guyana

Nurses from across the Caribbean Community are currently gathered at the CARICOM Secretariat for the Forty-Fourth General Meeting of the Regional Nu

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Karolin Troubetzkoy, President of CHTA
CHTA JOINS FORCES WITH TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONS WORLDWIDE TO UNIFY SECTOR

MIAMI (August 9, 2017) - The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is partnering with travel associations around the world to strengthen the tourism sector in the region.  

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Caribbean condiment exports heat up:

The value of the global condiment market is expected to r

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