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Dr. Jimmy Fletcher, Chairman of the CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change shares the head table with CARICOM Secrtary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at a CARICOM caucus at COP 21
CARICOM Member States grateful for several elements in Paris Climate Change Agreement – Fletcher

There are elements in this document for which our CARICOM countries are grateful.

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Mr. Ronald Jackson, Executive Director, CDEMA (left) joins the Hon. Adriel Brathwaite, Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs, Barbados and Chairman of the CDEMA Council of Ministers (right) in presenting the award to Mr. Collymore (Bahamas In
Jeremy Collymore receives CDEMA Council Award

Bridgetown, Barbados, (CDEMA) – Jeremy MacArthur Collymore received the highest award of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency

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CARIFORUM states build public procurement capacity

Public procurement practitioners and policy-makers in Trinidad and Tobago will enhance their expertise in public procurement at a five-day CARIFORUM/EU training course, scheduled for 14-18 December

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Mr. Escipion Oliveira, Deputy Executive Director, Caribbean Export (left) and Mr. Jesús Mario Chacón, Chief of the International Business and Investment Promotion Unit, ProMexico (right)
Looking Towards Mexico for Foreign Direct Investment

Following a successful Caribbean Investment Summit in London during October, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21.
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21

Please see video of CARICOM Secretary-General’s address to the High Level Segment of COP 21 at this link:

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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (l) shakes hands with Italian Special Envoy for the Countries of the Caribbean Paolo Serpi
CARICOM, Italy sign cooperation agreement

​CARICOM and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in areas of mutual interest, Thursday.

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Human Rights Day being observed today

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Jamaica Agriculture Minister Derrick Kellier (Photo via Jamaica News)
Farmers praised for helping to reduce Jamaica food import bill

With the $5.014 billion dollar decline in the country’s food import bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,  Derrick Kellier is praising farmers in St.

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The participating girls are all smiles at the graduation ceremony for Jamaican Girls Coding held on Friday, August 22, 2014 at JAMPRO’s New Kingston headquarters. Joining them are (L-R: second row) Elese Ebanks, Web Developer / Programmer / Ins
More Than 700 Girls To Engage In Computer Coding

More than 700 girls across the island will be engaged in computer coding simultaneously between Thursday, December 10 and Saturday, December 12.

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CARICOM negotiators review the draft agreement at COP 21 in France, Wednesday
CARICOM negotiators push key issues as COP 21 releases draft agreement

As negotiators review a preliminary draft agreement issued Wednesday at the UN Climate Change conference, COP 21, in Paris, CARICOM Ministers and Heads of delegations are pressing for outstanding c

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United Nations Security Council adopts ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

New York – The United Nations Security Council has today adopted a ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security which recognizes that “young people play an important and positive role in

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Chairman Of The Conference Of  Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community Hon. Freundel Stuart
CARICOM Chair lauds Community’s close ties with Cuba

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its commitment to further strengthening and enhancing the close bonds of camaraderie and coope

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A group photo with the lecturers and participants
Regional Spanish teachers training under CARICOM-Mexico Cooperation Programme

The teaching skills of 33 Spanish teachers from varying CARICOM Member States are expected to be strengthened with a training course

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Arrival Statement: CARICOM Election Observation Mission in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The eight-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission for the St.

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Caribbean Energy Efficiency Lighting Project takes their Knowledge Road Show to Dominica and Saint…

Against the background of the Caribbean being home to some of the highest per capita energy costs in the world, the Caribbean Energy Efficiency Lighting Project (CEELP) team  recently engaged

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