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Region must boost surveillance to prevent measles outbreak – PAHO

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is urging health authorities in the Region to maintain high levels of measles vaccination coverage at the national and local levels, as part of efforts t

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A delegation from Guadeloupe visited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Wednesday 11 February, 2015, for discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Associate Membership of the Community. In photograph with
CARICOM SG, Guadeloupe in Associate Membership talks

The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, met on Wednesday 11 January 2015 with a delegation from Guadeloupe, which is one of five Caribbean territories

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Outspoken artist Edison Liburd, in St. John's, Antigua. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS
Inequality Fuels HIV Epidemic in the Caribbean

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Feb 10 2015 (IPS) - At 49 years old, Edison Liburd has established himself as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most recognisable artists.

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World “dangerously unprepared” for pandemics warns bank chief

WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Wednesday February 11, 2015 – World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says the world is “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics and lessons need

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Caribbean delegates discussing new climate change tools

(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC) – A three-day workshop aimed at exposing senior Caribbean technocrats to a suite of tools developed under the Climate and Development Knowledg

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Two Caribbean countries to benefit from fisheries project

(PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries stand to benefit from a project to establish ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management in the Guianas-Braz

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Time is ripe to export Caribbean culture – lifestyle entrepreneur

Caribbean culture is ‘hot’ on the international market right now, says lifestyle entrepreneur Juliette Maughan.

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Cap Haitien at Dusk. (Photo courtesy Steve Bennett/UncommonCaribbean.com)
Haiti Tourism Ministry launches first US television advertising campaign

NEW YORK – February 11, 2015 – The Haiti Ministry of Tourism has today launched the country’s first-ever television advertising campaign aimed at attracting U.S.&nbs

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Sustainable Energy Incubation & Development Fund in Support of Business in Bio &…

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) is organizing a two-day 

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Caribbean Export Supports the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (C-NSC) towards strengthening…

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions las

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CKLN Urges More Caribbean Participation in International R&E Network Activities

With C@ribNET the Region's only research and education network (REN) fully established, the emerging national research and education networks (NRENs) and their respective member institutions should

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Record tourist arrival and earnings for Caribbean – CTO

 More than 26 million visitors and over US$29 billion in earnings in 2014 ~

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CICAD And CARICOM explore opportunities for deepening cooperation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Executive Secretariat (ES) of the Inter-American Drug Abus

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Lesson plans on CARICOM Single Market coming to Guyana schools

Close to fifty secondary CXC-level teachers have been trained to integrate information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) into their school’s curriculum.

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Dominica'sPrime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominica Adopts CCJ as Court of Final Appeal

RUSSEAU – The government of Dominica announced Tuesday that the Caribbean Court of Justice, or CCJ, will become the country’s court of final appeal starting this month.

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Jamaica improves its trade balance with CARICOM

KINGSTON, February 7, 2015 - While Jamaica’s Trade deficit with the United States showed need for improvement, Jamaica's trade balance with the rest of  the region improved over the first ten

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Minister with responsibility for Sport in the Office of the Prime Minister Natalie Neita Headley.
Gov’t to Provide Assistance to Sports Associations

The financial burden being faced by sporting associations for the use of the stadium and sporting venues managed by Independence Parks Limited (IPL), will shortly be eased as Government is to provi

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TnT gets endorsement to host Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat

February 09, 2015: Trinidad and Tobago successfully secured the endorsement of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for its candidature to host the Secretariat of the Arms T

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Montserrat looks to boost private sector contribution

The European Union has provided Montserrat with EC$14.2 million (€4.275M) as part of the 10th European Development Fund General Budget Support (GBS) Programme, which has been paid directly to the s

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