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Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan (right) listens keenly as Programme Manager for Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Hilary Brown (center) brings brief remarks during the o
Remarks by Dr. Hilary Brown Programme Manager, Culture and Community Development Twenty-Second…

It is a pleasure to warmly welcome all of you to the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (the RCC), a body that has been in existence for over 25 years, having first met on 6

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MetricStream Advises on How to Strengthen Food Safety Management Systems

The link below is to an article written by Ron Vail, the director of Food Safety and GFSI Education at AIB International and Sonal Sinha, Associate Vice Pr

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CAPTION: Hon. Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business with (L-R) Denise Noel-Debique, Gender Advisor, CDB; Meg Jones, Senior Millennium Development Goals, ITC and CDB’s Officer-in-Charge of Pro
Gender Mainstreaming Integral to Region’s Future Foreign Trade Policies

Regional trade policy makers are being urged to ensure that gender equality and gender mainstreaming is integral in their future foreign trade policies and national development strategies.

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St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (left) and outgoing OAS Director to St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Starret Greene. (Photo by Erasmus Williams)
Outgoing OAS Director lauded for service to St. Kitts and Nevis

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 16TH 2014 (CUOPM) – The Government of St.

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The Board of CRN+ Pledges its Continued Commitment to People Living with HIV

 (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Port of Spain, Trinidad— In his acceptan

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Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett,  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana
Opening Remarks by the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett,  Minister of Foreign Affairs…

It is indeed my pleasure and honour to address you on behalf of the Caribbean States present here today on the occasion of this Eighth UK Caribbean Forum.  Secretary of State, let me at the

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CARIBBEAN-AGRICULTURE-Regional countries participating in IICA project

AN JOSE, Costa Rica, Jun 16, - CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says it is supporting institutions involved in pesticides registration in Latin America and

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Sir Ian Botham praises vision of St. Kitts-Nevis Government

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 16, 2014 (SKNIS): Legendary English cricketer Sir Ian Botham has “tipped his hat” to the Government of St.

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CICAD of the OAS Organizes Workshop on Alternatives to Imprisonment in Antigua Guatemala

The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold, from June 17 to 19 the "High-level Workshop on Alternatives to Incarceration" at t

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CDB and ITC Host Gender Equality Training for Government and Private Sector Trade Officials

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is hosting some 50 trade officials from across the Region for a workshop focusing on the importance of gender equality in achieving national and regional trade

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Suriname to host ACP heads of government summit

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Suriname is on track to welcome the largest gathering of heads of state in its history from November 6 to 7, when it hosts the eighth African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)

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Hon. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett  , MP- Minister of Foreign Affairs Guyana
Caribbean to lobby for softer terms at UK Forum

Caribbean foreign ministers are to Monday lobby United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, William Hague to ask the G-20 for softer borrowing terms although the income rating for the group of largely

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State Minister for Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Julian Robinson makes a point during his 2014/15 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on June 11, under the theme: ‘Information and Communication Technologies as
Internet exchange point to be launched in Jamaica by August

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica is expected to benefit significantly from an internet exchange point (IXP) facility, which the ministry of science, technology, energy and mining expects to hav

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Winner of the CARICOM Song Competition Michele Henderson paid a courtesy call on CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Friday 13 June 2014. Pictured here, the two pose for an official portrait at the end of her visit.
CARICOM Song winner Michele Henderson pays courtesy call on Secretary General LaRocque

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Winner of the competition to select a CARICOM Song, Dominican Michele Henderson paid a courtesy call on Secretary

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Preliminary Statement

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The eleven (11) member CARICOM Observation Mission which is in Antigua and Barbuda on the invitation of the Gov

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CARICOM Foreign Ministers Off to meet With UK Counterpart In London

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK)

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Dr. T. Jennifer Edwards, Consultant on micro small and medium enterprise (MSME) Policy Development, makes a point during consultations with the Guyanese business community at the CARICOM Secretariat on 12 June, 2014.
Guyana private sector helps to shape policy

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Representatives of the business community in Guyana and officials of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretar

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Hon Gaston Browne- Prime Minister Elect of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda Elects a New Government: Gaston Browne is Prime Minister Elect

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – 13th June, 2014………”To God be the Glory. Today is the dawn of a new day,” were the words echoed by Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Leader the Hon. Gaston A.

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Jamaica Justice Minister Mark Golding addresses the media following the announcement (JIS Photo)
Jamaica to Decriminalize Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana

In a major shift, Jamaica has announced that the country’s Cabinet has approved a proposal that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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