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Prime Minister of Barbados Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart (r) makes a point to the media as CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (c) and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Hon. Gaston Browne look on.
Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister
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Head Table – closing press conference (l-r): CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne; Chairman of CARICOM and Prime Minister of The Bahamas the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie
Regional initiative to tackle banking threat
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to establish a Committee of Finance Ministers to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks on a plan to deal with the region being unjustly labeled a high
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Caribbean writers, animators create appealing children’s stories
Caribbean writers and animators have taken up the call for creating their own stories using tools and media that appeal to children.
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A worker at Fondes Amandes demonstrates the building of fire traces. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Fighting climate change with community action
FONDES AMANDES, Trinidad, Feb 18 2015 (IPS) - Not far above Trinidad’s capital, Port-of-Spain, in a corner of the St.
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Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), addresses the opening of an Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Farm Primary and Junior High School
Jamaican cell phone users to get number portability – Technology Minister
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon.
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Honourable Sir Manuel Sosa, President of the Court of Appeal of Belize
Belize Court of Appeal President visits CCJ
The Honourable Sir Manuel Sosa, President of the Court of Appeal of Belize and former Chief Justice of Belize, visited Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 23-26 February 2015, as a guest of the
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CARICOM Agriculture Ministers tour cutting-edge Bahamian agri-project
Llonella Gilbert Bahamas Information Services
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Barbados Prime Minister the Hon. Freundel Stuart responds to the media at the press conference held at the conclusion of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. Also in photograph are, from left, the Hon G
CARICOM places emphasis on sports tourism, cultural industries
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have decided to place emphasis on developing their cultural an
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ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao
Broadband the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission
Paris, 27 February 2015 – Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality, ubiq
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United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General Dr. José Graziano da Silva, (seated third right), is pictured with Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture at their historic meeting at the British Colonial Hilton, The Baham
FAO aligns work to assist Regional Agri Plans
The United Nations Food& Agriculture Organization is aligning its global, regional, sub-regional and national work processes to cohesively assist the development strategies of Carib
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Prime Mnister Portia Miller Simpson with the Grand Bahama Youth Choir
Youth in spotlight at CARICOM Heads Meeting
Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon.
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Culture and Sports – centre-stage at CARICOM Heads Meeting
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, The Bahamas, Hon. Dr.
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Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General, makes remarks at the opening ceremony of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, 26 February, 2015, Nassau, The Bahamas (photo via Bahamas Information
Creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, productivity key to growth – CARICOM SG
the path to sustainable development must be carved out by creating avenues for our people to exploit fully their skills and talents.
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PM Perry Christie
Prime Minister Christie Speaks for Youth Development and Empowerment at CARICOM
By Betty Vedrine, Bahamas Information Services
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The Bahamas National Youth Choir performs at the Opening Ceremony of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Thursday morning, February 26, at Melia Nassau Beach Resort. (Photo vi
‘Invest in youth’ – CARICOM Chair at Summit opening
Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Hon.
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Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS
Falling Oil Prices Won’t Derail St. Lucia’s Push for Clean Energy
CASTRIES, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) - At Plas Kassav, a roadside outlet in Canaries, a rural community in western St.
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Ms Karolin Troubetzkoy
Karolin Troubetzkoy Appointed Chairman Of Caribbean Alliance For Sustainable Tourism
ST. LUCIA (February 25, 2015) - Prominent Caribbean hotelier Karolin Troubetzkoy has been appointed Chairman of the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST).
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Antigua and Barbuda to launch UN International Decade for People of African Descent
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission will this evening (Thursday) launch the United Nations International Decade for People of African De
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