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CYA for St. Kitts and Nevis and Incoming Dean Mr. Klieon John is pictured here with CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development by Dr. Douglas Slater. The occasion was a courtesy
Incoming CYA Dean meets CARICOM SG

Georgetown, Guyana, April 17, 2015: Incoming Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Corps, Kl

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Hon. Shawn Richards presents cheque to Kristal Phillip
Agriculture Project Sowing Seeds Of Youth Development

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16, 2015 (SKNIS): The St.

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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr the Hon. Peter Phillips engages in discussion with Assistant Director for the Caribbean Division Western Hemisphere Development, at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (right), prior to the meeting of the first
G20 to integrate Caribbean into global value chain

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2015 - Member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded their inaugural meeting with members of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) in Washington DC on

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Cuba: Connecting with People and Culture
Cultural agreement being worked out with Cuba

By Patricia Thangaraj

A Cultural Co-operation Agreement is currently being negotiated between Barbados and Cuba.

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New PAHO/WHO network will monitor women and newborns in the Caribbean and Latin America

Brasilia (PAHO/WHO) — ON average, approximately 16 women die every day in the Caribbean and Latin America from complications of pregnancy or childbirth, while 250 babies die each day before having

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Barbados To Host CARIFESTA 2017

“Barbados will be hosting Carifesta in 2017.” 

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ACTT Executive Director Michael Bradshaw (left) presents Tertiary Education Minister Fazal karim (right) with a token during the opening of ACTT’s Second International Conference on higher Education and Learning at the Regency Ballroom, Hyatt.
Karim: T&T could be ‘growth zone catalyst’ for CARICOM

Tertiary Education Minister Fazal Karim says he believes that Trinidad and Tobago, with its hydrocarbon resources and financial prowess, could be a ‘pivot’ or ‘growth zone catalyst’ for the develop

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Speakers at the CARIFORUM -EU Business Forum
Caribbean producers optimistic about new opportunities

The Third CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum opened in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Wednesday with calls for Caribbean countries to seize new opportunities offered by globalisation and improved ac

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A Haitian takes an HIV test at a hospital in Port-au-Prince on World AIDS Day in Port-au-Prince in this file photo. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Generational shift threatens global progress against HIV

Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

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Dr. Steve Surujbally and OAS Chief of Mission, Ms. Lisa Shoman in the presence of Chief Election Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield
OAS and GECOM sign Observer Mission agreement for elections

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have signed an agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections.

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Ganja Law comes into effect this Wednesday

KINGSTON, April 14, 2015 -  The recently amended Dangerous Drugs Act commonly referred to as The Ganja Law which makes possession of two or less ounces of ganja a ticketable offence, will come

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Martinique to Host Caribbean Conference on Climate Change

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, April 15 2015 – In the context of the World Climate Conference in December in Paris, the French Region Martinique has organised a Caribbean conference on climate change.

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enior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, Amar Bhattacharya has the rapt attention of Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Peter Phillips at yesterday’s first Caribbean Regional Dialogue held with the G20 Working Development Group at the World Bank
Phillips hails CARICOM confab with G-20

Washington DC, April 14, 2015 - Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr.

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(From left) Reverend Jesse Jackson, US actor Danny Glover, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Sir Hilary Beckles, were among the speakers at the event.
Int’l reparations conference ends on high note

NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — An international conference on reparations has ended here with a call for Caribbean governments to proceed urgently with the recommendation that the slave-owning and slave-tra

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President Obama delivers remarks during a "Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative" town hall at the University of the West Indies. (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)
Jamaica interaction with President Obama a ‘momentous occasion’ for youth

If you have ever had the pleasure of witnessing unforgettable history unfold, or experienced the sheer excitement of being on the brink of an experience you’ve only read in books or seen in a film,

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Health High On The Summit Of The Americas Agenda For St. Kitts-nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 13, 2015 (SKNIS): The continued upgrade of the Health Sector in St.

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CARICOM SG updates Montserrat’s new Cabinet on regional developments

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Monday with the Premier of Montserrat Hon.

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Taking time-out with the Youth: (l-r) Montserrat’s Premier Hon. Donaldson Romeo; Stanley Graeme , Dean of the CYAP; CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Claris Yearwood, CYA.
CARICOM SG updates Montserrat’s new Cabinet on regional developments

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met with Montserrat’s two CARICOM Youth Ambassadors during his visit to the island on Monday to brief Premier Donaldson Romeo and his Cabinet on

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