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CARICOM Youth Ambassador Charde Dessir accepts the Reparations baton from Mayor of Castries His Worship Peterson Francis
We are not begging! CARICOM Official on Reparations
We are not begging! That’s the word from Programme Manager, Culture and Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat Dr.
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Consider CMS as conservation tool - environmentalists urged
Environmentalists were on Wednesday encouraged to seriously consider the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) as a mechanism that can support Regional conservation o
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Canto Hackathon winners.
Suriname Emerges Winner of CANTO C.O.D.E 2.0 Hackathon
San Juan, Puerto Rico – CANTO hosted the 32nd Annual Conference & Trade Expo at the Sheraton Puerto Rico with one of its main attraction being the 2nd Annual C.O.D.E Hackathon.
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Guyana to host PANCAP meetings
Among issues to be discussed by the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) are the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis.  
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Workshop participants listen attentively during the opening session on September 5, 2016
CDB funds workshop to improve service delivery in the tourism industry
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- For many countries in the Caribbean, a successful tourism industry is critical to social and economic growth and development.
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Partners focus on financing efficient cooling in Caribbean
Caribbean and German development partners are collaborating to transform the cooling and energy efficiency sectors in the Region.
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank. (Photo via JIS)
CAPE students to do Animation and Game Design
Animation and Game Design will be a new addition to the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) offerings this academic year.
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Help find solution to childhood obesity – CARPHA Head
In a message commemorating Caribbean Wellness Day, head of CARPHA, Dr.
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Prime Minster of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne
Antigua PM discussed corresponding banking with CDB, JNBS
(CMC) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne met officials of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank
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PAHO calls for strengthening road safety legislation
New report shows traffic fatalities are up in the Americas, primarily among motorcyclists.
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Interim Project Manager, Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Marcia Henry, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on September 6.  (Photo via JIS)
Clean energy entrepreneurs trained at boot camps
Some 163 clean energy entrepreneurs have been trained at three boot camps hosted by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC).
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New CTO Chairman Obie Wilchcombe of the Bahamas (right) receives the gavel from his predecessor Richard Sealy of Barbados. Also in photograph, CTO secretary general Hugh Riley (Right) (Photo via CTO)
The Bahamas elected Chair of Caribbean Tourism Organisation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados  (15 September, 2016) – The Bahamas is now Chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), with the election of its Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe
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Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management: Prepare, Respond, Recover
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF A TWO-DAY MEETING HOSTED BY THE EU-FUNDED INTRA-ACP APP
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CARICOM proud of Paralympic athletes – Secretary-General
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is proud of the achievements regional athletes recorded at the Paralympic Games held in R
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From left, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Her Excellency Sandra Granger, Guyana’s First Lady; Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and t
PM Harris speaks at Clinton Global Initiative event
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER (PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister Dr.
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Telecommunications Minister, Senator Darcy Boyce
Collaboration key to creating single ICT space – Barbados Telecommunications Minister
(Barbados Government Information Service) Minister responsible for Telecommunications in Barbados, Senator Darcy Boyce, has stressed the importance of collaboration between Caribbe
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President David Granger, Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Mr. Allen Chastanet and veteran Guyanese diplomat, Sir Shridath Ramphal sharing a light moment. (Photo via Ministry of the Presidency)
President Granger co-chairs special meeting between CARICOM Heads, UN SG
Georgetown, Guyana – Ministry of the Presidency (September 23, 2016) – President David Granger, today, co-chaired a special meeting in New York, which was convened at the request o
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Regional planners, stakeholders meet as Agriculture Policy Programme winds down
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, September 26-27, 2016 – The Caribbean Action under the Agricultural Policy Programme (APP) is all about working together to strengthen agriculture in the C
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