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Let us resolve to close the Gap MESSAGE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN…

World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for reflection and resolution.  Not long ago an affliction with HIV and AIDS was literally a death sentence.

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True Gender Equality for Both Women and Men

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 2014 (IPS) - Numerous international and national efforts have focused on gender equality and the empowerment of women.

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Grenada to host renewable energy workshop

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- A renewable energy workshop sponsored by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) will be held in Grenada on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.

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Caribbean Public Health Agency aims to reduce child obesity by 2025

San Juan, (EFE).- The Caribbean Public Health Agency, or CARPHA, published a Plan of Action for Promoting Healthy Weights: 2014 - 2019, part of a push to reduce obesity among children and

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World AIDS Day: opportunity for reflection, resolution – Secretary-General

MESSAGE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY 2014

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CAHFSA begins operations in Suriname

The Board of Directors of the C

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Ebola vaccine from Glaxo passes early safety test

(Reuters) - An experimental Ebola vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline caused no serious side effects and produced an immune response in all 20 healthy volunteers who received it in an early-stage clini

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Responding to climate change from the grassroots up

GUNTHORPES, Antigua, Nov 7 2014 (IPS) - As concern mounts over food security, two community groups are on a drive to mobilise average people across Antigua and Barbuda to mitigate and adapt in the

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Antigua and Barbuda now part of OECS free movement system

Antigua and Barbuda has finally completed the process to waive the need for work permits for nationals of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

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Suriname a showcase for CARICOM as it celebrates Thirty-Nine

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the Government and People of Suriname as they mark  thirty-nine years  of  Independence.

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FAO invests in developing Caribbean cassava industry

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Addressing agricultural revitalization and the high food import bill are two of the major challenges facing the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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