Caribbean Export Awards €2.9 Million to Firms

Caribbean news. Bridgetown, BARBADOS, July 14, 2014.  The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has announced the awarding of BBD 8,081,874.06 (€2,992,287) to firms and Business Support Organisations (BSOs) across the region via their flagship programme the Direct Assistan...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Visits Haiti, Dominican Republic

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon begins a visit to Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Monday, the world body announced. Ban is set to meet with senior government officials and “get a first-hand look at programmes designed to improve health and reduce poverty,” according to...
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Caribbean nationals urged to reduce salt intake

UNITED NATIONS, CMC — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged Caribbean nationals and others in the Americas to decrease salt intake to help reduce hypertension - the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. "Salt reduction is recognised as the most cost-effective interv...
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Barbados Developing Intellectual Property Strategic Plan

Barbados’ government has formulated a national intellectual property strategic plan, it said this week. The plan, which is being developed with the assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization, aims to make the country’s economy “more competitive globally,” th...
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Brazil and Dominica Sign Pair of Cooperation Agreements

The governments of Dominica and Brazil have signed a pair of cooperation agreements. The deals include an agreement first proposed at the Brazil-CARICOM summit in 2010 and a $100,000 pact between the two countries’ water utilities. “We signed an agreement in water resource developmen...
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Guyana to Receive $31.6 Million Loan to Improve Water, Sanitation

Guyana will be receiving just under $32 million in loans to strengthen and improve access to drinking water and sanitation services. The funding will come from a pair of sources; it includes $16.8 million from the Inter-American Development Bank along with support from the Caribbean Investment Fun...
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PM Douglas defends PANCAP’s Justice For All programme

ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA, JULY 3RD 2014 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has defended the “Justice for All” programme of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), saying it was not designed to encourage a re-order of ...
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Electronic Information Must Get Priority Security Treatment

It is important that we pay attention to the way we manage electronic data says Pierre Bowrin, ICT Policy Advisor, Department of Information Technology. Speaking at the end of a recent two-day workshop on information security, he pointed out that, “information is now the most critical resour...
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