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Energy-efficiency strategy coming for the Caribbean
THE CARIBBEAN is, within the next two or so years, to have an energy efficiency strategy that should serve the growth agenda of various islands.
Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weath
Putting healthy choices in your hands - Yaphene
Anastasha Elliott is the creative mind behind Yaphene, an organic cosmetic and food product business. Here’s her story….
Name of Business: Yaphene
Grenada Parliament gives nod to CCJ
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jun 21, CMC – The Grenada Parliament Tuesday approved legislation for the island to replace the London-based privy Council with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice&n
PAHO executive discussing plans for improving health in the region
WASHINGTON, Jun 22, CMC – The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is meeting in Jamiaca to discuss strategies and plans to improve health in the Americas, including t
CEBO ‘ambassador’ in Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship summit
St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy PM Richards presents support to Ms. Elliott for her travel to Silicon Valley. (Photo courtesy the Department of Youth Empowerment)[/caption]
Implementation of MEAs in focus at CARICOM workshop
A workshop geared at training environmentalists on how to implement Multilateral Environmen
Regional programme launched to increase goat, sheep meat production
JAMAICA has endorsed a regional programme that seeks to improve the stock of sheep and goats in the country while training persons in animal husbandry, with particular emphasis on small ruminants.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines hosts first formal Regional Conversation on Marijuana in CARICOM
The first formal regional conversation around Marijuana in CARICOM got started here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday June 15.
CARICOM Marijuana Commission: T&T ‘not ready’ for consultation
The Caribbean Collective for Justice (CCJ) is calling for Government to uphold its promise to discuss the decriminalization of marijuana.
Reparations important to Barbados
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has reiterated that “the reparations issue is not based on a diplomacy of protest, but on a diplomacy of engagement”.
Prioritising the Caribbean Creative Industry through the Caribbean Creative Industries Management…
OAS and private sector to boost digital connectivity in the Americas
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Organization of American States (OAS), several leading companies in the field of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Economic Commission
CARICOM emphasises creation of business opportunities at SELA meeting
The creation of increased opportunities for businesses in the region is a key goal of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as its representatives e
OAS approves Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Jun 14, CMC – The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala in their ongoing ef
‘Deep shock and horror’ – CARICOM reaction to Florida massacre
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed deep shock and horror over Sunday’s massacre at the Pulse night club in Orlando Florida.
CARICOM at the OAS
The 46th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) began on Tuesday 14 June in the Dominican Republic.
CARICOM focuses on disaster risk management in agriculture planning
Natural hazards such as drought, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods have had devastating impacts on the socioeconomic and environmental landscape of the Caribbean within the last decade.
CARICOM to train Regional environmentalists on implementing MEAs
The CARICOM Secretariat, through the Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Cou