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What you need to know about the “new” STI in Jamaica
What is mycoplasma genitalium?
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2015 State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) (20 – 23 October 2015), Curaçao
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Curaçao Tourist Board have announced the dates for the region’s leading tourism forum, the State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2015.
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Signing the Memorandum of Agreement on legislative agenda at ILO Brussels office, from left, David Massiah, Paula Robinson, Claire Courteille, Anne Knowles and Wayne Chen.
Bringing Caricom labour closer
On May 26, the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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CRDARI wants to help CARICOM Cannabis Commission
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 8, CMC – The St.
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Digicel (Guyana) helps promote ICT among Guyanese girls
Digicel (Guyana) teamed up with the country's National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) headquarters to promote and observe 'Girls in ICT Day', the phone compa
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Jamaica celebrate their 4x200m victory at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright Jamaica after winning the men's 4x200m at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (Getty Images)Jamaica after winning the men'
Congratulations Jamaica: World Relays 2015
JAMAICA added three more medals, including two gold on last night's second and final day of the 2nd IAAF World Relay Championships at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas and went a far way
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Vision for Region in 2050 needed: UWI St. Augustine Principal
MUCH of the Caribbean is now struggling economically and so the region must create a vision for where it wants to be by the year 2050, advised University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine prin
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Ramesh Persaud, Chairman of the CMFA
Caribbean MicroFinance Alliance works on promoting responsible lending
AS the Caribbiance (CMFA) prepares to make its presence felt on a regional basis, it is working to promote "responsible lending" according to chairman of the CMFA, Ramesh Persaud.
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CARICOM Exposition Milano 2015
Strong CARICOM presence as Exposition Milano 2015 opens
The CARICOM Standard flutters prominently during the Opening Ceremony for Exposition Milano 2015, in Milan, Italy on Friday 1 May.
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Award Winners
Trinidad and Tobago’s Sacha Cosmetics is Caribbean Exporter of the Year
Sacha Cosmetics, a well-known beauty brand founded in 1979 in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been named the Caribbean Exporter of the Year at the recently held inaugural Caribb
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Children affected by HIV/AIDS to benefit from $8-million programme
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 100 children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS will benefit from psychological, educational and social support under a J$8 million (US$70,000) grant assistance progra
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Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell is pictured at the podium (at right) as he addressed the United Nations in New York on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Monday, May 4, 2015. He was filling in for Bahamas
Financing for Development critical – CARICOM tells UN SG
Adequate financing is critical to our region’s sustainable development.
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PRIME MINISTER DR KENNY ANTHONY
St Lucia tightens cyber security after hacking of SVG site
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Wednesday May 6, 2015 – Concerned about the recent attack on the official website of the St.
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An aerial view of the Caracol INdustrial Park's Fleet of buses fr employees and adminisrative building taken in Haiti in April. The park employs 6,200 Haitians in northern Haiti. Courtesy of the Inter-Ameican Development Bank
Post-quake Haiti project ‘a work in progress’
By Jacqueline Charles,  jcharles@MiamiHerald.com
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Newspaper editors at last week’s CSME workshop in Trinidad. [Photo: Stan Bishop]
CSME Facing Uphill Battle - Political Will Still Lacking, Many Say.
THE quest to make the CARCOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) become something that the region’s people recognize as a “living, breathing thing” and not just a theory, was the crux of a major two-d
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Haiti’s President among regional Heads for Saturday’s Climate Change Summit
Haiti’s President H.E. Michel Martelly arrives in Martinique to take part in the regional Summit “Caribbean Climate 2015, on Saturday 9 May 2015.
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Caribbean Leaders prepare for major global climate change talks
Heads of Government and organisations from the Caribbean gathered in Martinique Saturday  to discuss the impact of climate change on the nations of the region.
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Caribbean-France Regional Summit: CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie (c); Prime Minister of Barbados and incoming CARICOM Chairman Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart (r) and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocq
Redesign climate change architecture to promote development in developing countries: CARICOM Chairman
The region’s challenge associated with the on-going Climate Change negotiations is that even if the goal to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2°C is achieved, the Caribbean will experience severe adve
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