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(l-r) Mr. Neville Bissember, Advisor to the Secretary-General; Ms. Safiya Ali, General Counsel, CARICOM Secretariat; Mr. Henlsey Plantijn, Secretary-General of the Ministry of General Affairs, Sint Maarten; Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretar
CARICOM SG meets Sint Maarten delegation on Associate Membership
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, met with a delegation from Sint Maarten – one of five Caribbean countries seeking Associated Membership in CAR
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Youth Leaders To Present Their Vision For The Future On Panel Discussion
Four dynamic young people from St.
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Ms Pamela Coke Hamilton, Executive Director Carib-Export
Caribbean Investment Summit Brings Much Needed Focus to the Region
Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) from European investors for some of the Caribbean’s most promising projects was the aim of the Caribbean Investment Summit 2015 (CIS) hosted b
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Antiguan public hit EC$100,000 target in telethon for Dominica
Just a week after spearheading a telethon dubbed Dominica will Rise”, ABS Television in collaboration with the Dominica Antigua Relief Fund –(DARF), led a fresh charge Thursday evening to raise a h
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Happy 32! St. Kitts and Nevis – CARICOM SG
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has commended the impressive strides made by St.
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Hon. Dr. Rufus W. Ewing
Turks and Caicos Islands Government approves $100,000 for Dominica
The Turks and Caicos Islands Government, in its 22nd Meeting of Cabinet held on Wednesday September 9th, 2015 in the nation’s capital Grand Turk, agreed to a relief fund of US$1
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Deputy Programme Manager, Youth, at the CARICOM Secretariat Ms. Yldiz Pollack-Beigle training youths from St. Kitts and Nevis in entrepreneurship
CEBO does follow up in St. Kitts and Nevis
The CARICOM Secretariat is currently implementing the “CARICOM/ SPAIN Citizen Support Security Project- Support for Youth Empowerment and Resilience” project, which includes the delivery of the Cre
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CARICOM expresses sympathy to Chile
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has sent a message of condolence to the President of Chile, Her Excellency Michelle Bachelet for the loss of life and destruction of property fro
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CARICOM stands ready to support earthquake-hit Chile
Even as the region focuses attention on storm-hit Dominica, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is extending a hand of support to the South American nation of Chile following the death and destructio
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Barbados to reduce extreme poverty and create jobs with $10 million loan
Barbados will strengthen its social safety net for its poorest citizens and improve labour market training opportunities with a US$10 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (I
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Honourable Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, Minister of Public Infrastructure
St. Kitts expects initial work on geothermal exploration to start early 2016
Following news on an MOU with Guadeloupe-based engineering group Teranov, we
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Regional Workshop on E-commerce legislation harmonization in the Caribbean being planned
Given the importance of the adoption of compatible cyberlaws across countries for the development of e-commerce, UNCTAD together with the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the
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UWI and WICB officials at press conference to give details of “Rally around Dominica” cricket match (wicb photo)
WICB-UWI to “Rally Round Dominica”
Rally Round Dominica – that is the name of the Celebrity T20 Cricket Match which will be jointly hosted by the West Indies Cricket Board and the University of the West Indies in
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The Plenipotentiary Representative of St. Kitts and Nevis to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Lionel Sydney Osborne presented his Credentials to the Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Tuesday, 22 September 20
St. Kitts and Nevis envoy to CARICOM accredited
His Excellency Lionel Sydney Osborne, Ambassador of St.
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SIDS need support of international community
Any decision on the creation of a new regional programmatic framework for sustainable development must have at its core the means of implementation.
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File Photo - CTCS ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification Workshop  From December 2 – 4, 2014, 25 Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) involved in the food service industry in Antigua and Barbuda participated in the CDB/CTCS
Tools for Improving Food Safety Focus of Upcoming CDB Workshop in Guyana
The third ServSafe Food Safety Training and Certification Workshop facilitated by the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Technical Cooperation Division, through its programme, the Caribbean Technol
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CARDI, CDB host black Sigatoka disease training workshop in Guyana
The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in collaboration with the 
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Barbados to host Caribbean Youth Entrepreneurship Summit
Regional policymakers, young entrepreneurs, and other major stakeholders, will meet in Barbados on Thursday 24th September, 2015 during the Caribbean Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (C-YES), to chart
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Latin America and Caribbean to adopt SDGs, but still lagging on some MDGs
In the last 15 years, Latin America and the Caribbean have met several key targets included in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as reducing extreme poverty, hunger and child mortality,
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Urgent action needed to combat online violence against women & girls, says new UN report
Millions affected globally, but most countries still failing to effectively address growing problem
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