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Vendors at the fish market in Belize. Courtesy of the Fisheries Department Belize City, Belize.
Caribbean community climate-smarting fisheries, but slowly

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 18, 2015, IPS - Caribbean nations have begun work on a plan to ‘climate smart’ the region’s fisheries as part of overall efforts to secure food supplies

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Caricom
UNESCO team pleased with TVET policy progress in St. Kitts and Nevis

A UNESCO team has reported that it is pleased with what has been accomplished with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Policy.

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Caricom
Sweet Potato a potential crop for future climate in the Caribbean

A case study presented recently by Jamaican, Applied Climate Researcher to the 2nd Caribbean Weather Information Generator (CARIWIG) Workshop in Barbados has identified sweet potato as a potential

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Caricom
Martinique to host May 9th Caribbean Climate 2015 Conference

NEW YORK, May 7, 2015 —On Saturday, May 9, 2015, the French Caribbean island of Martinique will host the regional summit, Caribbean Climate 2015, which will be chaired by French President François

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Participants at the Media Workshop
CSME Workshop identifies gap

BASSETERRE, St.

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Healthy Eating
CARICOM Competition Commission stresses healthy diets in fight against NCDs

Healthy diets consisting of foods high in nutritional value must be the first step to remedying the problem of NCDs in the Caribbean, the CARIC

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Six Caribbean countries to benefit from new energy initiative

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Six Caribbean countries will benefit from an US$500,000 energy statistical capacity-building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organizatio

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Hon Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
PM Browne calls for Establishment of Group of Leaders to broker dialogue between Venezuela and the…

Statement by the Hon Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at Meeting of ALBA Leaders in Caracas, Venezuela Tuesday 17th March 2015

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Caricom
Kenny Anthony: CARICOM Stalled In Crossroad Of Indecision

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, March 11, 2015 (AMG) —While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares to observe its 42nd year of existence, St. Lucian Prime Minister, Dr.

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Caricom
Ancient DNA reveals origins of Caribbean slaves

CALIFORNIA, United States, Monday March 16, 2015 – In 2010, the skeletons of three African-born slaves who had died more than 300 years before were unearthed during a construc

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FLASHBACK: Cassava dishes prepared by Guyanese students at Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013
FAO promoting cassava root as a food crop in Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 15, 2015—The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean is intensifying its promotion of the cassava root as a food crop in the region.

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Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit
PM Skerrit to deliver foreign policy lecture in Grenada

Roseau, Dominica — Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, will on Monday, be the keynote speaker at a lecture in Grenada that will focus, in part, on foreign policy.

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Forum on future of Caribbean

The University of the West Indies in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The United Nations in Trinidad and Tobago is hosting a ‘Forum on The Future of the Caribbean: Disru

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Caricom
Belize scores major success with CSME workplace series

Belize’s focal point Ministry for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy has forged ahead with workplace sessions on the Single Market in 2015, scoring increasing awareness, interest and participati

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