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On November 15, 2012, two Red Cross officials review a map of Campeche, a neighborhood targeted by the American Red Cross for a community regeneration project. (Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross)
Red Cross builds just six houses with $500 million after Haiti quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Monday June 8, 2015 – The Red Cross has been called to account for its operation in Haiti, after reports emerged claiming that the charity had built just six houses in the im
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Region a steward to important ocean resources
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has links with the ocean that surrounds it that can be described as spiritual, cultural and economic.
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Caribbean-US High-Level Citizen Security Dialogue: – front row, from left: the Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration; Roberta S. Jacobson, US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA); the Rt. Hon Perry
The Region and US commit to strong joint citizen security measures
Governments of the Caribbean and the United States agreed to undertake a number of security-related priority actions at a High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue, held in The Bahamas, 4 June, 2015
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Delegates at the Meeting in Barbados (Photo via PAHO)
NCDs under focus in Barbados
The Forum of ‘Key Stakeholders on NCDs: Advancing the NCD Agenda in the Caribbean’, now underway in Bridgetown, Barbados, is a high level meeting were health leaders from throughout the Caribbean a
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Mr. Christopher Corbin
World Oceans Day: an opportunity to showcase new, emerging opportunities
World Oceans Day was celebrated on Monday 8 June 2015.
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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and President of Haiti H.E. Michel Martelly (head table) and their delegations hold a working session on the margins of the 2nd EU-CELAC summit in Brussels.
Strong CARICOM presence as EU-CELAC Summit opens today in Brussels
Several CARICOM Heads of Government are in Brussels for the 2nd EU-CELAC Summit, which opens today and concludes tomorrow.
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Heads of State and Government from the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe at the 2nd EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels
Climate Change, Citizen Security, Migration, Financial Services key focus at EU-CELAC Summit: CARICOM Chair
I wish to stress the issue of citizen security and the adjunct to that public policy issue: the education and training of our young. I have said this many times before.
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FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva with Samuel A.A. Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana. Side Event: Recognizing outstanding progress in fighting hunger. Twenty countries have satisfied Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number one, to hal
Guyana cops MDG award for reducing hunger
Guyana was bestowed an award for achieving the distinction of meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), relating to hunger.
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Medical Entomologist in the Ministry of Health, Sherine Huntley-Jones, provides details about the integrated vector management control programme. (Photo via Caribbean360)
Jamaica implements vector control programme as Zika virus gets closer
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With the mosquito-borne Zika Virus closer to home, Jamaica has now implemented a five-point integrated vector management control programme that includes prosecuting people
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Education and Employment among key targets in EU-CELAC Action Plan
“Education and employment to promote social inclusion and cohesion” is one of ten key areas in the Action Plan from the just-ended 2nd summit of the European Union and the Communit
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Caribbean makes progress but more to be done to end AIDS Epidemic
Significant progress has been made in the Caribbean towards achieving the goals of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, according to Mr.
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CDB Signs Renewable Energy Agreement With EU-CIF
Efforts by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency among its Borrowing Member Countries have been advanced by the signing of a Contribution
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CDB to host workshop on PPPs at Caribbean Growth Forum
(Bridgetown, Barbados)  The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will join government ministers, officials an
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Canada to fund six-year plantain production and marketing project
LOCAL plantain farmers will soon be receiving full support from a Canadian-funded six-year project aimed at enhancing production and facilitating linkages with local and overseas markets.
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The World Bank is driving the process to link the entire Caribbean by ferries
The World Bank is driving the process to link the entire Caribbean by ferries with the results of an initial assessment being described as promising.
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The Caribbean share in global trade fell from three per cent in the 1970s to nearly a quarter per cent in 2012.  (Photo courtesy caribbean360.com))
World Bank proposes new directions to boost trade in the region
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday June 17, 2015 – A new World Bank report says there is considerable potential for boosting trade and accelerating growth in the region.
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File Photo: ILO opens Ninth Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers in The Bahamas
Regional forum to focus on policy making
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun.
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Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert ‘Bobby’ Morris chatting with students at today's CARICOM seminar. (A.Miller/BGIS)
Barbadian Youths Told: Make Use Of CARICOM Opportunities!
A cross-section of this island’s youth have been encouraged to make the most of the opportunities afforded them under the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, especially as it relates to the Free Mov
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New task force to accelerate action to combat non-communicable diseases
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday June 18, 2015 –A group of agencies concerned about the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on human and economic development has launched a new task force
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