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New trial to target preventable deaths in the Caribbean
A study just launched will investigate ways to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which cause more than 60 per cent of deaths in the Caribbean.
CARICOM Competition Commission hosts sensitisation workshop on competition law for MPs
The Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) Competition Commission is working towards implementing and strengthening competition laws and policies in all of its member states.
CIMH launches new climate programme
The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) on Thursday launched the ‘Weather and Climate Ready Nation’ programme for Barbados and the Eastern
CTU says CARICOM Single ICT Space “is a complex undertaking”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 22, CMC – The Secretary General of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Bernadette Lewis, says the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICO
Further UG, UWI collaboration – students to mix programmes between two institutions
University of Guyana (UG) students will benefit from a mixed programme through collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI).
CARICOM Secretariat salutes Risk Insurance Facility for meeting the region’s needs
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has congratulated the CCRIF SPC on its Tenth (10th) Anniversary.
Jamaica Signs and Ratifies Amendment to CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) Agreement
CDF, Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 Feb. 2017: Senator The Hon.
Regional Heads call for urgent meeting of COTED to address air transport issues
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have called for an urgent meeting of the Council for Trade and Development (COTED), to address air transport issues in particular, those tha
Barbados Ratifies CONSLE Protocol
Barbados has ratified the Protocol Amending the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas to incorporate the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) as an Organ of the Community, and the
CARICOM to employ lobbyist as it tackles corresponding banking issues
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 17, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have agreed to employ the services of a lobbyist to help the region deal with the issue of de-risking in the banking sector,
CARICOM heads approve draft ICT space roadmap
A roadmap towards creating a single ICT Space for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is being tabled at the 28th Inter-sessional CARICOM summit for the approval of the Conference of Heads of Go
CARICOM heads to be briefed on CSME review
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), crime and security and correspondent banking are among the issues to be discussed at CARICOM’s 28th Intercessional Heads of Government meeting.
Jamaican scientists close to creating affordable hepatitis C drug from ganja
Research scientists, led by Dr Henry Lowe, say they have discovered properties in Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the major bioactive compounds in the cannabis (ganja) plant, that have the potential to p
Guyana’s farmers can contribute to regional food security – President David Granger
By HE David A Granger MSS
The Regional Response to Childhood Obesity Intensifies
Childhood obesity continues to be a serious public health concern in the Region. Statistics show that more than 30% of our Caribbean adolescents are overweight or obese, and risk developing n
Officials embrace creation of Labour Management Information System
Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 07, 2017 (SKNIS): Labour stakeholders in St.