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Barbados' Prime Minister Freundel Stuart; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean; Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Miguel Hincapié and Panama's President, Juan Carlos Varela pose for a photograph
Panama Keen To Cooperate with Barbados In Education
Panama is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Barbados by creating linkages in the area of education.
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CARICOM Chairman and Barbados' Prime Minister Freundel Stuart speaking to the media at the closing press conference for the 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting at Hilton Barbados. (A.Gaskin/BGIS)
CARICOM Summit Deemed A Success
Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, has deemed the just-concluded 36th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, held in Barbados from July 2 to 4, a success.
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Prime Minster of Saint Lucia, Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony
Saint Lucia to table legislation to make CCJ final court
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The St.
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Sir Hilary Beckles
Regional conference on development of education being planned
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean leaders have endorsed a three-day meeting to discuss the development of education in the region.
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Edward Greene, Division Chief of the Technical Cooperation Division of the CDB, signs the agreement with Minister of Trade and Industry, Don Soejit Tosendjojo
Suriname signs trade agreements with CDB
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Jul 8, CMC – Suriname has signed two agreements with the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) that will improve the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cou
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File Photo: Exploratory geothermal drilling in Dominica
Dominica moving full steam ahead on geothermal project
ROSEAU, Dominica, Jul 9, CMC – The Dominica government says it is holding talks with a group of French companies on the second phase of the geothermal energy project.
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Changing international perception of Caribbean via Tourism
One of the challenges we face in the region is how to change the perception of the Caribbean as being that of a destination solely for vacation tourism”.
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Photo: JIS Photographer Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (4th right), participates in the breaking of ground for a US $61 million solar electricity plant, at the project site in Content District, Clarendon on July 9. Others (from l
PM Breaks Ground for First Solar Energy Power Plant in Jamaica
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Thursday (July 9) broke ground for the development of the first utility-scale solar energy power plant in Jamaica, which upon completion will be the largest
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Barbados’ Ambassador to China, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite (right) and Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung signing the agreement in Hong Kong.
Barbados and Hong Kong sign air services agreement
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 10, 2015 – Barbados and Hong Kong have inked an Air Services Agreement.
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Civil Society has Vital Role to Play in Post-2015 Development Agenda
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 8 2015 (IPS) - “The action of the private sector can make or break the post-2015 development agenda,” Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and
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Caribbean Development Bank Partners with the World Bank Group to Build Public Procurement Capacity in the Region
Bridgetown, Barbados – July 9, 2015 – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced the creation of a Regional Procurement Centre that aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of public
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ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena
CARICOM considers debt relief proposal
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Caricom is considering a proposal for the region to pursue gradual write-off of its multilateral debt as a means of economic prosperity.
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CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (r) and Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, (Economic and Social Development), Deodat Maharaj, at the opening plenary of the 3rd UN Financing for Development conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Mo
High CARICOM Expectations for UN Financing for Development Conference
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is attaching great importance to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday.
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President David Granger addressing the conference in Addis Ababa yesterday
At Ethiopia Conference on Financing… President Granger champions global action for sustainable development
ON Saturday, President David Granger left the shores of Guyana for Ethiopia as chief of the Guyana delegation to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, the
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Section of the audience at the opening of the conference (photo via SKNIS)
UNESCO conference explores reparations
Basseterre, St. Kitts – (SKNIS): A two-day conference hosted by the St.
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Photo: JIS Photographer Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), in discussions with Global Fund Board Member and Latin America and the Caribbean Representative, Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, during Fund’s regional meeting held at the Ja
Jamaica gets millions in HIV funding
Despite news that surfaced last year that the United States President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) had discontinued its funding of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Networ
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Sharp Decline in HIV Contraction Regionally
Combat HIV, AIDS and other diseases is United Nations Millennium Development goal number six. 
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File Photo: Generic antiretroviral drugs have made treatment widely available for people
UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the 17th Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on Ebola and Chikungunya, Diplomatic Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 4 November,
Caribbean successfully conducts Ebola simulation exercise
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago -  As part of preparation efforts to prevent and manage potential Ebola cases, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in collaboration with the CA
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CDB President Dr Warren Smith
CDB approves US$2.37M in grant assistance for Haiti Catastrophe Risk Insurance
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) today approved grant assistance of
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