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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21.
CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21

Please see video of CARICOM Secretary-General’s address to the High Level Segment of COP 21 at this link:

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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (l) shakes hands with Italian Special Envoy for the Countries of the Caribbean Paolo Serpi
CARICOM, Italy sign cooperation agreement

​CARICOM and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in areas of mutual interest, Thursday.

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Human Rights Day being observed today

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Jamaica Agriculture Minister Derrick Kellier (Photo via Jamaica News)
Farmers praised for helping to reduce Jamaica food import bill

With the $5.014 billion dollar decline in the country’s food import bill, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries,  Derrick Kellier is praising farmers in St.

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The participating girls are all smiles at the graduation ceremony for Jamaican Girls Coding held on Friday, August 22, 2014 at JAMPRO’s New Kingston headquarters. Joining them are (L-R: second row) Elese Ebanks, Web Developer / Programmer / Ins
More Than 700 Girls To Engage In Computer Coding

More than 700 girls across the island will be engaged in computer coding simultaneously between Thursday, December 10 and Saturday, December 12.

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CARICOM negotiators review the draft agreement at COP 21 in France, Wednesday
CARICOM negotiators push key issues as COP 21 releases draft agreement

As negotiators review a preliminary draft agreement issued Wednesday at the UN Climate Change conference, COP 21, in Paris, CARICOM Ministers and Heads of delegations are pressing for outstanding c

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United Nations Security Council adopts ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security

New York – The United Nations Security Council has today adopted a ground-breaking resolution on Youth, Peace and Security which recognizes that “young people play an important and positive role in

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Chairman Of The Conference Of  Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community Hon. Freundel Stuart
CARICOM Chair lauds Community’s close ties with Cuba

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its commitment to further strengthening and enhancing the close bonds of camaraderie and coope

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A group photo with the lecturers and participants
Regional Spanish teachers training under CARICOM-Mexico Cooperation Programme

The teaching skills of 33 Spanish teachers from varying CARICOM Member States are expected to be strengthened with a training course

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Arrival Statement: CARICOM Election Observation Mission in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The eight-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission for the St.

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Caribbean Energy Efficiency Lighting Project takes their Knowledge Road Show to Dominica and Saint…

Against the background of the Caribbean being home to some of the highest per capita energy costs in the world, the Caribbean Energy Efficiency Lighting Project (CEELP) team  recently engaged

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Horace Walters, who has been involved in fishing for more than 40 years, said coastal communities, fishers, and fish farmers are already profoundly affected by climate change. He pointed to rising sea levels and acid oceans among the impacts of clima
Making the Case for Caribbean Fishers at Paris Climate Conference

PARIS, Dec 6 2015 (IPS) - Horace Walters has made the 6,903km journey from his native St. Lucia to Paris to deliver a simple, yet urgent message to the international community.

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Dominica to establish an IT Academy

An Information Technology academy to facilitate ongoing capacity building on a range of ICT tools is to be established here.

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Dr Timothy Harris (Photo: timescaribbeanonline.com)
Pushing the Caribbean agenda in Paris

St Kitts-Nevis PM makes impassioned plea at climate change conference

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Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Urges UN Conference to Support CARICOM Position on Climate…

PARIS, France, Dec 02 2015 – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is calling on the global community to support CARICOM’s posit

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