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CARICOM and Japan Further Strengthens Relationship

(CARICOM Secretarait, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM and Japan relationship will go a step further this week, when CARICOM Foreign Ministers meet with their Japanes

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New strain of Chikungunya in Brazil could spur North American outbreak

BAHIA, Brazil, Wednesday November 12, 2014 (AMG) — The Chikungunya outbreak which continues to affect thousands of Caribbean residents since it first appeared in St.

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Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM addresses Ministers and delegates at the opening ceremony of the 39th meeting of COTED.
The Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded a two-

The Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded a two-day meeting on 7 November 2014.

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Senator Darcy Boyce, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Barbados (Image via Caribbean Export)
Improve standards to generate growth – Minister Darcy Boyce

(Caribbean Export Development Agency) Public and private sector entities across the region have been urged to improve business processes to best standards, in an effort to generate economic growt

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CARICOM, Brazil trade has tripled in a few years: Brazil envoy to CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Trade between Brazil and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has tripled in “a few years” since the thrust by Brazi

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Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency
Regional private sector needs urgent support – Caribbean Export

(Caribbean Export Development Agency) Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke-Hamilton says private sector organizations across the Caribbean are in urgent need

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Coke-Hamilton Sees Diversification in Agro-Processing and Cultural Industries

Bridgetown, BARBADOS, November 12, 2014.  While indicating the potential for the Caribbean to grow exports of agro-processed goods and increase earnings from the cultural industries a two-da

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Senator Darcy Boyce gives update – on the CARICOM Commission on the Economy

The CARICOM Commission on the Economy is pressing ahead with its efforts to generate economic growth and employment in Caribbean countries.

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Message of Condolence to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, on the passing of Dr. Myles Munroe (rev)

Dr. Monroe, his wife Ruth, and several others, perished in a plane crash on Sunday in Grand Bahama, The Bahamas.

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Regional delegates discussing CSME

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – A two-day regional workshop exploring issues relating to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) began here on Monday with delegates being told

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Supporting the Regional Private Sector

Bridgetown, BARBADOS, November 12, 2014.  Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Pamela Coke-Hamilton says private sector organizations across the Caribbean are in ur

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CARICOM foreign ministers to meet in Japan

KINGSTON Jamaica  — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers including Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade AJ Nicholson will meet with their Japanese counterpart o

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COTED to engage private sector on more continuous basis

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Engagement with the private sector and Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on a more continuous

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CARICOM Secretariat Will Host the 4th Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF), 12-14 November 2014

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be partnering with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Renewa

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CARICOM to hold CSME Labour Stakeholders Workshop

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    Employers’ and workers’ associations from across the Region will  be sensitized and up

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Working Towards an AIDS-Free Caribbean at the 13th Annual General Meeting of PANCAP

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     This week, leaders and key decision-makers gathered to strategise and to identify the actions needed to achieve

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Team leader Bidiawatie Nanden-Harpal (left) makes a point during a meeting with partners at the UNFPA's office.
CACRICOM, UNFPA framework aims to reduce adolescent pregnancy in region

ADOLESCENT pregnancy in the Caribbean could decline by 20 per cent between 2015 and 2019 if an initiative by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) succeed

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Drugs and tourism combine to raise HIV risk in Caribbean

New research shows how drugs in the Dominican Republican’s touristy areas present barriers to preventing HIV.

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