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Panama Keen To Cooperate with Barbados In Education
Panama is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Barbados by creating linkages in the area of education.
CARICOM Summit Deemed A Success
Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, has deemed the just-concluded 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, held in Barbados from July 2 to 4, a success.
Saint Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The St.
Regional conference on development of education being planned
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean leaders have endorsed a three-day meeting to discuss the development of education in the region.
Suriname signs trade agreements with CDB
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jul 8, CMC – Suriname has signed two agreements with the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) that will improve the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cou
Dominica moving full steam ahead on geothermal project
ROSEAU, Dominica, Jul 9, CMC – The Dominica government says it is holding talks with a group of French companies on the second phase of the geothermal energy project.
Changing international perception of Caribbean via Tourism
One of the challenges we face in the region is how to change the perception of the Caribbean as being that of a destination solely for vacation tourism”.
PM Breaks Ground for First Solar Energy Power Plant in Jamaica
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (July 9) broke ground for the development of the first utility-scale solar energy power plant in Jamaica, which upon completion will be the largest
Barbados and Hong Kong sign air services agreement
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 10, 2015 – Barbados and Hong Kong have inked an Air Services Agreement.
Civil Society has Vital Role to Play in Post-2015 Development Agenda
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 8 2015 (IPS) - “The action of the private sector can make or break the post-2015 development agenda,” Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and
Caribbean Development Bank Partners with the World Bank Group to Build Public Procurement Capacity in the Region
Bridgetown, Barbados – July 9, 2015 – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced the creation of a Regional Procurement Centre that aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of public
CARICOM considers debt relief proposal
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Caricom is considering a proposal for the region to pursue gradual write-off of its multilateral debt as a means of economic prosperity.
High CARICOM Expectations for UN Financing for Development Conference
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is attaching great importance to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday.
At Ethiopia Conference on Financing… President Granger champions global action for sustainable development
ON Saturday, President David Granger left the shores of Guyana for Ethiopia as chief of the Guyana delegation to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, the
UNESCO conference explores reparations
Basseterre, St. Kitts – (SKNIS): A two-day conference hosted by the St.
Jamaica gets millions in HIV funding
Despite news that surfaced last year that the United States President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) had discontinued its funding of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Networ
Sharp Decline in HIV Contraction Regionally
Combat HIV, AIDS and other diseases is United Nations Millennium Development goal number six.
UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Caribbean successfully conducts Ebola simulation exercise
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - As part of preparation efforts to prevent and manage potential Ebola cases, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the CA