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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque makes remarks at the opening ceremony of the Twenty-Ninth meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development COHSOD. Also pictured are, from left, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social
Cost of crime and violence too high – CARICOM Secretary General
The social, psychological and economic cost of crime and violence in the Region was too high, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
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The University of the West Indies to host Zika Symposium
The University of the West Indies will host a two-day symposium bringing together an interdisciplinary group of specialists to explore issues relevant to the control of the Zika virus in the Caribb
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Prime Minister Perry Christie leading parliamentarians from the Churchill Building into Parliament Square to participate in the historic vote on gender equality. (Photo: BIS)
Historic gender equality legislation passed in Bahamas Parliament
NASSAU, Bahamas, Mar. 4, CMC – History was made on Wednesday when Parliament passed four amendments to the constitution, removing the remaining vestiges of discrimination from the law books.
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Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Douglas Slater (second left) makes remarks during the Eighth Meeting of Directors of Youth Affairs. Also pictured are, from left, Director Human Development at C
‘Don’t disappoint Region’s youth’ – Assistant Secretary-General Slater
Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, 
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Deputy PM Richards (left) and CYA Dennis McCall Jr. are attending meetings in Guyana
Deputy PM Richards Weighs In On CARICOM Youth Development Agenda
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 02, 2016 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Shawn Richards, and CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Dennis McCall Jr.
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Belize to host Caribbean Growth Forum Meeting
Next week, representatives from 14 Caribbean countries will come together in Belize City to take stock of key lessons learned from the hundred reform actions implemented through the Caribbean Growt
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Germany and CARICOM take the Cooperation in Energy to another Level
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP) is handing over the baton to the Renewable and Energy Efficiency Technical Assistance project in March 2016.
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Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Barbados PM writes Britain on reparation on behalf of CARICOM
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have sent a formal letter of complaint to Britain seeking reparation for slavery.
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Tarun Butcher, Moderator, Session One, Day, delivers a summary of the session. Also in photograph is CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, Dr. Douglas Slater
Regional youth forum stresses need for restorative justice
The connection of crime and violence to drugs, legal and illegal; the need for “restorative justice” and understanding the dynamics at the community level to ensure targeted interventions, formed p
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Guyana to get regional help to meet global civil aviation standards
Guyana is among several Caribbean countries expected to receive assistance from the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) to help reach a
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Plenipotentiary Representative of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Mitsuhiko Okada and Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan (PhD), display his credentials on Thursday, 25 February, 2016, at the
CARICOM, Japan strengthen decades-old ties
The long-standing friendship that has existed between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan was strengthened on Thursday 25 February, with
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Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Sir Hilary Beckles delivering a lecture on reparations at the Harvard Law School. (Photo: Harvard)
Sir Hilary says it’s time to address reparatory justice head on
MASSACHUSETTS, United States, Friday February 25, 2016 – As he continues to make a push for reparations for Caribbean nations, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission Sir Hilary Beckles is i
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Dr. William Warren Smith
Caribbean economies in ‘recovery mode’ – CDB
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode” even though it is still operating in a “somewhat topsy-turvy external environment,” the president of the Ba
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Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles delivering the keynote address on reparatory justice for Caribbean countries at the Harvard Law School
‘Address past head on’ – Sir Hilary on reparatory justice
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and Vice Chancellor of the
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Caribbean journalists gain insight into ways to report climate forecasting
Thirteen journalists from across the region gathered for a one-day workshop in Barbados, as part of an international initiative sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), to show how
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KingstOOn a springboard for the Caribbean’s animation industry
THE Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), World Bank and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) all agree that KingstOOn 2016, scheduled for March 12-13 at the Edna Manley College, will have a region-wide imp
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CARICOM chairman, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow, says CARICOM will employ the full gamut of options available to it to confront the correspondent banking crisis that is threatening the region.
CARICOM to take concern about banking threat to US, UN, WTO
PLACENCIA, Brazil, Friday February 19, 2016 – Concern that a decision taken by global banks could ruin the region’s financial sector has prompted a decision by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders
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World Bank provides $150 million to combat Zika in Latin America and Caribbean
WASHINGTON, United States, Friday February 19, 2016 – The World Bank Group has made US$150 million immediately available to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fight the Zika virus.
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