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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, addresses Monday's (March 30) opening of the Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, at Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, St. James. (Glenis Rose P
Jamaica taking steps to address environmental breaches – Minister Pickersgill
MONTEGO BAY, April 1, 2015 - Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon.
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From left to right: Justin Rennie, Chief Fisheries Officer, Grenada; Mrs. Marilyn Austin-Cadore, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of Grenada; Hon. Simon Steele, Senator & Parliamentary S
Strengthen cooperation, unity in fisheries sector – Grenada agriculture official
A senior Grenada Government official has called for the strengthening of cooperation and unity in the Caribbean Region to develop, manage and utilise marine resources in a sustainable manner.
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Participant in the Oil Training Exercise
Haiti’s Essential Oil Producers Receive Best Practice Training
Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIH) organized a best practices sharing mission for experts from the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) in Haiti from 10 to 13 March 2015 with the
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HaMafilms’ Writer/Director Howard Allen with students from University of Toronto Caribbean Studies Student Union. (Photo courtesy HaMa)
The Skin makes regional site’s movies to watch list
A regional website, Caribbean & CO, has listed Antiguan film The Skin as one of 10 movies to watch.
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Renowned Barbados Spoken Word Artist, Adrien Green
St. Kitts and Nevis youth unleash spoken word potential
‘Vybzing with the Youth’, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture in St.
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US President Barack Obama alighting Air Force One at St Lucie International Airport on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Fort Pierce, Florida. (PHOTO: AP)
Youth forum at UWI, Heroes Park visit on tight itinerary for Obama
United States President Barack Obama will maintain a tight itinerary during his visit to Jamaica this week.
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Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy. (FP)
Sustainable tourism key to Caribbean
Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy said preserving the region’s vulnerable eco-system was important, given the “many examples where economic development often takes place at the expense of our envir
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Prime Minister Timothy Harris
PM Harris to attend CARICOM-US Summit
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr.
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Kim Collins (Photo by André Zehetbauer via Wikipedia)
Silver Jubilee Stadium to be renamed in honour of Kim Collins
Kittitian World Champion sprinter Kim Collins will receive a significant honour in the renaming of the Silver Jubilee Stadium as the Kim Collins Athletic Stadium.
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Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Organization of American States (OAS), Neil Parsan speaks in the presence of OAS Secretary-General, Jose Miguel INsulza (Second from right), Assistant Secretary-General ALbert Ramdin, and CARICOM
Trinidad and Tobago assumes OAS Permanent Council Chair
The Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Organization of American States (OAS), Neil Parsan, has assumed the Chair of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution, a posit
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Haiti lone Caribbean nation to win IDB energy innovation contest
WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Tuesday April 7, 2015, CMC – Haiti is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country named among the winners of the IDEAS V 2014 Energy Innovation Contest, an i
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US President Barack Obama
Energy and security top agenda for talks between regional leaders, Obama
ENERGY and security will dominate the discussions between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and United States President Barack Obama during their summit here tomorrow, the senior director for W
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President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. (Photo by: JIS Photographer)
US President’s Visit Should Deepen Relations with Region
The visit of the President of the United States (US), Barack Obama, and the meeting with Heads of State and Government of CARICOM, should deepen bilateral relations between the US and the region.
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Members of Jamaica’s Carifta Games squad at the end of the 44th edition inside the Kim Collins Stadium in Basseterre, St Kitts-Nevis (Photo: Collin Reid courtesy of Supreme Ventures and Courts)
Jamaica Land 85 Medals At 44th Carifta Games
COLLIN REID COURTESY OF SUPREME VENTURES AND COURTS)
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Professor Verene Shepherd to participate in the historic reparations summit.
Advocates to gather for historic Reparations Summit
SCORES OF reparations advocates, Pan-Africanists and social justice activists from the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in New York City this week (April 9-12) for
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Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller
Jamaican, US Governments committed to successful visit by President Obama
he visit to Jamaica by the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama on April 8 and 9 is no longer being designated a State Visit, which had previously been agreed and communicated.
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l-r National Specialist for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Craig Thomas, Kishma Primus Almond of the Plant Protection Unit and Mario Beazer of Barbuda, along with Deputy Director of Agriculture Astley Joseph (OBSER
Agricultural techs get training in Mexico
Agriculture technicians from the twin island state will once again be afforded the opportunity to further expand their knowledge in the field through specialised training provided by the government
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The Bob Marley museum in central Kingston was Barack Obama's first stop after landing in Jamaica
Obama in Jamaica pays tribute to Bob Marley
Barack Obama has taken a tour of the Bob Marley museum in Jamaica after becoming the first US president to visit the country since 1982.
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Press Release to Acknowledge the Twenty-First Anniversary of Initiating Diplomatic Relations between the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Cuba
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda joins the Government of the Republic of Cuba in observing 21 years of strong socio-political relations between these two Caribbean neighbours...
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THE HOYOS FILE: LIAT secret plan – the agony and the irony
It takes a long time because those who naturally would want the status quo to be maintained – say, for example, Antigua and Barbuda – try their best to stop reality, like sunshine, from flooding in
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