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Caricom
Statement By H.E. Camillo M. Gonsalves Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Vincent And The…

We gather this week to reaffmn our commitment to peace, justice and development.

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Patrice Nisbett Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis
Statement by The Honourable Patrice Nisbett Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Federation of St.…

It is indeed an honour for me to address this august body for the first time, since assuming the portfolio of Minister of Foreign Affairs a little over one year ago. I take pleasure, Mr.

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Caricom
Ebola survivors’ blood to treat deadly disease

Anastassia Cunningham, Health Coordinator

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IMF takes gender equality campaign to Jamaica Published: Wednesday | October 8, 2014 2 Comments IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. File IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. File
IMF takes gender equality campaign to Jamaica

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will continue to enhance the analysis of the macroeconomic effects of gender inequality, including in its surveillance work, under which it oversees

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Caricom
Alternative energy sector budding

THERE has been an aggressive push towards renewable energy in Barbados so far this year, with major companies leading the way by implementing photovoltaic systems and generally making attempts to

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Family farming focus: Participants at the Family Farming Seminar, 6 October, 2014
Farmers welcome CWA focus

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Farmers in the Region on Monday welcomed the attention being placed on family farming, but cautioned against the absence of women and y

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Caricom
Political will needed to unlock CARICOM’s free trade in food

Caribbean ministers of agriculture will Friday make another push to break down artificial non-tariff trade barriers but an expert at the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (I

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams (right), converses with chief executive officer of the Consumer Affairs Commission Dolsie Allen during a Caricom Rapid Alert System for Information Exchang
State minister hails Caricom consumer protection system

MINISTER of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams says that the Caribbean Community's (Caricom) online consumer-protection warning system has the pote

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Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque welcomes H.E. Mr. Venkatachalam Mahalingam, Plenipotentiary Representative of India to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM, India affirm value of diplomatic cooperation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and India on Friday (3 October) affirmed the importance they attached to diplomatic cooperation as a

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Caricom
St. Lucia prepares to deal with possible threat of Ebola virus

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Oct. 2, CMC - Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr.

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Caricom
Antigua and Barbuda to host reparations conference this month

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The movement towards reparations will take another vital step later this month when Antigua & Barbuda will play host to the 2nd Caricom Reparations Conference.

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Caricom
CDEMA unveils new online monitoring and evaluation tool

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) continues to strengthen its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems for disaster risk reduction proj

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Caricom
Debt forcing some SIDS to restructure their finances

In the Caribbean in 2014, average public debt levels amounted to 80 per cent of GDP – compared with 34 per cent for developing countries as a whole.

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PM defends her terrorism stand

T&T would have faced international pressure if it had not joined with 90 other countries to co-sponsor a resolution aimed at tackling global terrorism, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar s

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Caricom
CARICOM nations positioned to influence OAS agenda for 15 months

WASHINGTON, Oct 2, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations are well positioned to influence the focus of the Organisation of American States (OAS) agenda, as diplomats from the region are at

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