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Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Secretary General Presents The State Of The Industry Report 2014
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Secretary General, Hugh Riley, presented the State of the Industry Report 2014 at a news conference at the CTO HQ in Barbados on Tuesday 10 February.
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Caribbean countries concerned over new strain of HIV/AIDS virus
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Caribbean countries were on Wednesday expressing concerns over a new strain of HIV virus that has been identified by Cuban scientists.
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United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy for HIV, Caribbean: Report to United Nations Secretary-General 2014-2015
“While I fully understand the political constraints faced by our Heads of Governments in the court of public opinion, as UN Secretary-General Special Envoy, I must continue to make the case tha
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Antigua and Barbuda to launch UN International Decade for People of African Descent
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission will this evening (Thursday) launch the United Nations International Decade for People of African De
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Ms Karolin Troubetzkoy
Karolin Troubetzkoy Appointed Chairman Of Caribbean Alliance For Sustainable Tourism
ST. LUCIA (February 25, 2015) - Prominent Caribbean hotelier Karolin Troubetzkoy has been appointed Chairman of the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST).
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Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS
Falling Oil Prices Won’t Derail St. Lucia’s Push for Clean Energy
CASTRIES, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) - At Plas Kassav, a roadside outlet in Canaries, a rural community in western St.
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The Bahamas National Youth Choir performs at the Opening Ceremony of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Thursday morning, February 26, at Melia Nassau Beach Resort. (Photo vi
‘Invest in youth’ – CARICOM Chair at Summit opening
Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Hon.
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PM Perry Christie
Prime Minister Christie Speaks for Youth Development and Empowerment at CARICOM
By Betty Vedrine, Bahamas Information Services
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Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General, makes remarks at the opening ceremony of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, 26 February, 2015, Nassau, The Bahamas (photo via Bahamas Information
Creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, productivity key to growth – CARICOM SG
the path to sustainable development must be carved out by creating avenues for our people to exploit fully their skills and talents.
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Culture and Sports – centre-stage at CARICOM Heads Meeting
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, The Bahamas, Hon. Dr.
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Prime Mnister Portia Miller Simpson with the Grand Bahama Youth Choir
Youth in spotlight at CARICOM Heads Meeting
Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon.
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United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General Dr. José Graziano da Silva, (seated third right), is pictured with Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture at their historic meeting at the British Colonial Hilton, The Baham
FAO aligns work to assist Regional Agri Plans
The United Nations Food& Agriculture Organization is aligning its global, regional, sub-regional and national work processes to cohesively assist the development strategies of Carib
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Barbados Prime Minister the Hon. Freundel Stuart responds to the media at the press conference held at the conclusion of the 26th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. Also in photograph are, from left, the Hon G
CARICOM places emphasis on sports tourism, cultural industries
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have decided to place emphasis on developing their cultural an
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Participants hails CSME Media Workshop a success
Media personnel and spokespersons in Dominica who attended a three day CSME Media Workshop at the Windsor Park Stadium’s conference room has hailed the workshop as beneficial and informative.
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Lesson plans on CARICOM Single Market coming to Guyana schools
Close to fifty secondary CXC-level teachers have been trained to integrate information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) into their school’s curriculum.
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ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao
Broadband the key to bringing ‘education to all’, says UN Broadband Commission
Paris, 27 February 2015 – Mobile phones, tablets and e-readers with broadband connectivity could prove the long-sought panacea in the global effort to bring quality, ubiq
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Jamaica customs goes electronic: introduces asycuda world system
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has now begun to implement the use  of its  recently acquired Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based system designed to transform the ag
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