Strong CARICOM presence as EU-CELAC Summit opens today in Brussels

Several CARICOM Heads of Government are in Brussels for the 2nd EU-CELAC Summit, which opens today and concludes tomorrow. The Summit, under the theme “Shaping our common futures: Working for prosperous, cohesive and sustainable societies for our citizens” brings together 61 Heads of St...
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CRDARI wants to help CARICOM Cannabis Commission

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 8, CMC – The St. Lucia-based Caribbean Drug and Alcohol Research Institute ‎(CDARI) says it is willing to provide support to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Cannabis Commission. In a June 8 letter to CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin La Rocque, CDARI director Dr....
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NCDs under focus in Barbados

The Forum of ‘Key Stakeholders on NCDs: Advancing the NCD Agenda in the Caribbean’, now underway in Bridgetown, Barbados, is a high level meeting were health leaders from throughout the Caribbean are discussing actions to intensify efforts to tackle chronic diseases and their risk factor...
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The Region and US commit to strong joint citizen security measures

Governments of the Caribbean and the United States agreed to undertake a number of security-related priority actions at a High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue, held in The Bahamas, 4 June, 2015. The Nassau Commitment for Citizen Security in the Caribbean, issued following the meeting,  req...
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Region a steward to important ocean resources

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has links with the ocean that surrounds it that can be described as spiritual, cultural and economic. The economic benefits to this Region, derived from Ocean resources, cannot be underestimated. The fishing industry, for example, is estimated to provide jobs for m...
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CKLN-C@ribNET -  Part of the Global MAGIC Project

Caribbean academics and researchers are now able to be part of a network of worldwide collaborators with access to collaboration tools, as well as a means to application-sharing over the next 24 months as a European Commission supported project called MAGIC has begun. The Middleware for collaborativ...
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Saint Lucians on heat stroke alert as drought conditions persist

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Friday May 5, 2015 – St. Lucia’s Ministry of Health has put the public on alert for increased risk of heat stroke and other heat related illnesses in light of the continuing drought conditions affecting the island. Heat stroke, also known as sunstroke, is a severe i...
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