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CARICOM Secretariat celebrates girls in ICT with interactive session, exhibit
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) An interactive session, hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat to commemorate Girls in ICT Day, opened this morning
Opening Remarks by Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Manorma…
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to welcome you today – both to the Secretariat and to the first Secretariat observance of Girls in ICT day.
Jamaica to Tax Bank Withdrawals
amaica’s government is planning a new measure that would impose a levy on withdrawals from banks.
Agriculture 2014 Open Day promisses fun, food and education
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 23rd, 2014 (SKNIS): The Agriculture Department will host its annual Agriculture Open Day this Thursday and Friday April 24 and 25 from 9a.m.
Celebrating girls in ICT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Girls in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are preparing to join their counterparts worldwide on Thursday
CARICOM officials to discuss Consumer Protection
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX) will be the focus of &
Young People Urged to Take Up Reparation Struggle
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Hilary Beckles, has charged young people across the Caribbean to take up the reparation struggle and carry on the conversation until the
CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Sonia Boddie, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador for the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, was a part of the youth contingent selected from across the region,
Chilean President assures CARICOM of her country’s support
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chile’s President Her Excellency Michele Bachelet assured CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque of
CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Sonia Boddie, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador for the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, was a part of the youth contingent selected from across the region,
St Lucia Readies For First Shipment of PetroCaribe Fuel From Venezuela
St Lucia is readying for the first shipment of fuel under the island’s PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela.
Bouterse holds on to slender majority
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The ruling MegaCombination coalition government has booted out one of its members after accusing it of playing “blackmail politics.”
Caribbean fertility rates low
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The assumption that the Caribbean is a hotbed of fertility is a fallacy, local experts say.
Caribbean answering the global call to end stigma and discrimination
KINGSTON, Jamaica (UNAIDS) -- The Caribbean response to HIV has known many successes in recent years.
CARIBBEAN-ENVIRONMENT-Regional workshop on biosafety opens in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A three-day regional workshop on the environmental risk assessment in biosafety began here Monday as the region prepares to participate in two important international envi
CARIBBEAN-RIGHTS-Caribbean countries yet to ratify convention allowing children to complain…
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – No Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has yet ratified an agreement that went into effect Monday, allowing children the right to complain directly to the United Nations a
Major economies express confidence about growth
WASHINGTON—Finance officials of the world’s major economies expressed confidence that they can meet an ambitious goal of boosting global growth by US$2 trillion over the next five years.





