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Haitian children benefit from free heart surgeries

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (CANANEWS) – Four Haitian children, including a critically ill six-year-old girl with severe pulmonary issues, have received free life-saving surgery at Health City Cay

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CARPHA’s Executive Director Dr.  Hospedales
CARPHA Observes World Cancer Day 2015

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, February 3, 2015.  In the Caribbean cancers are the second leading cause of death. Nearly one half of cancers are preventable or

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The Caribbean’s Energy Potential

By Jorge Familiar
CJ Contributor

ENERGY SECURITY is at the top of the agenda for Caribbean leaders and it has been for some time.

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CARICOM Canada project improving regional flow of CSME information

Officials in Antigua and Barbuda to be better equipped to speak on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)
 

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Energy centre to highlight discussions at Special Meetings of COTED

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) will be the focus o

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ICT sector fundamental to CARICOM’s growth, development - SG tells CTU conference

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the 

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Grenada pilot project to improve court administration to be launched

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) through the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaborati

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Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, addresses a JIS Think Tank, at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Photo Courtesy JIS.
Jamaica to Introduce Blood Testing for Athletes

News Americas Now, NEW YORK, NY, Monday, February 2, 2015-Executive Director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), Carey Brown, has indicated that the agency is well to its way to introduc

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Ambassador Niermala Badrising assumes chair of the Permanent Council.
Suriname Assumes Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development of the OAS

The Permanent Representative of Suriname to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Niermala Badrising, today assumed the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development

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The Shams 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in the United Arab Emirates covers an area the size of 285 football pitches and generates over 100 MW of electricity for the country’s national grid. (Photo via Wambi Michael/IPS)
Renewables can benefit water, energy and food nexus

ABU DHABI, Jan 26 2015 (IPS) - With global energy needs projected to increase by 35 percent by 2035, a newreport says meeting this demand could increase water withdrawals in the energy se

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Bob Marley
Grammy Museum Declares February 6 Bob Marley Day - New Exhibit Planned For US, Brazil

Last year, they celebrated Marley's 69th birthday by naming the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road as their first affiliate, and this year the Grammy Museum has decided to step it up a notch by officia

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Caricom
How This Foundation is Developing the Caribbean’s Next Tourism Leaders

SAN JUAN — Tourism: it’s the largest single economic driver in the Caribbean, and promoting its continued development remains one of the most crucial objectives for the wider region.

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Tourism Minister Asot Michael secures CTO debt reduction at   Caribbean Tourism…

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico…… January 29, 2015) – Ahead of the opening of the annual CHA Caribbean Marketplace convention in San Juan Puerto Rico, The Honourable Asot Michael, Antigua and Barbuda’s

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Prime Minister Browne and President Maduro during their discussions in Venezuela
PM Browne Sees Positive Results from Meeting with Venezuelan President

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 30th January, 2015…….Prime Minister the Honourable Gaston Browne rounded off a series of bilateral meetings at the Third CELAC Summit in Costa Rica on Thursday with a bi

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CARPHA advises “Be Prepared ahead of the Flu Season”

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, January 30, 2013:  Seasonal influenza affects many thousands of people in the Caribbean each year, and as the 2015 season approaches, the Caribbean Public H

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Telecoms merger has potential to prejudice trade, says CARICOM Competition Commission

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Competition Commission has concluded that the agreement by Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) to acquire Columbus International In

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