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A tap tap (public transportation) crosses a flooded street in Port-au-Prince after Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Southwestern Haiti, on Oct. 4, 2016. (Photo via Time)
Hurricane Matthew Impacts Haiti With 145 Mile-Per-Hour Winds And Heavy Flooding
Les Anglais, Haiti braced itself for Hurricane Matthew’s landfall around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning (Oct. 4), Mic reports.
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Alisha Ally, a senior staffer at the Saint Lucia Government Information Service and new CARICOM Youth Ambassador for St. Lucia
Saint Lucia Reparations Committee welcomes new CARICOM Youth Ambassador
The Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC) has con
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Caribbean Youth pose for a fun photo during the recent Caribbean Youth Leader’s Summit
Youngsters encouraged to make personal commitment to action
Youngster across the Region were encouraged to make a personal commitment to  action in a recent Youth Day message delivered by Dr.
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World Teachers’ Day: Valuing teachers, improving their status
(UNESCO) This year World Teachers’ Day marks the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO 
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CARPHA Team deployed to the Bahamas in the Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has sent a team to the Bahamas to carry out rapid needs assessment following the passage of Hurricane Matthew.
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CARICOM governments ready to assist hurricane-hit Member States
Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Guyana, have indicated their readiness to assist Member States that were hit by Hurricane Matthew.
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Men salvage metal sheets from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew passes in Jeremie, Haiti (CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS/REUTERS)
CDEMA offers operational support to Civil Protection Directorate in Haiti post Hurricane Matthew
Six (6) experts from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) drawn from the CDEMA Coordinating Unit and the Participating States of
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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Brexit costs region its voice
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lose “an important voice” as a result of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said today.
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Workshop Facilitator and Lecturer at the UWI Cavehill Janice Cumberbatch
CARICOM ACP-MEAs project helps Regional environmentalists prepare for Bio-diversity COP
Regional environmental officers are attending a workshop to help them prepare for a major international conference on biodiversity, to be held in Mexico in December.
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Graceson John and his products
Youth agri-preneur Graceson John to showcase Big Gs Pepper Sauce at CWA
Caribbean Week of Agriculture will be held in the Cayman Islands 24-28 October 2016.
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Building an Energy Efficient Private Sector
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, October 12, 2016.  The Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) Pamela Coke-Hamilton called on the Regio
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Sir Ronald Sanders
Antigua-Barbuda ambassador calls for reparatory justice from Harvard University
WASHINGTON, USA -- Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has called on Harvard University “to demonstrate its remorse and its debt to unnamed slaves from Antigu
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Jocelerme Privert, INterim President of Haiti
Haiti funding hurricane relief, aid must prioritize growth: president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian interim President Jocelerme Privert on Tuesday played down the international aid response to Hurricane Matthew, saying some promised foreign aid had yet to mater
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“Serious situation” in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
NASSAU, Bahamas, Oct 13, CMC — The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says “a serious situation” is developing in in Haiti after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week.
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Aftermath of Huricane Matthew in Haiti (credit Getty Images)
‘Serious situation’ in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew – CDEMA Head
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC — The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says “a serious situation” is developing in in Haiti after it was ra
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Prime Minister Skerrit, who headed a CARICOM delegation as he arrived in The Bahamas on Wednesday
Dominica donates US$100,000 to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, The Bahamas
ROSEAU, Dominica, Dominica News Online – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has said the government of Dominica has donated US$100,000 to The Bahamas following the passage of Hurricane Matthew.
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Hurricane Matthew victims wait to receive food from the UN's World Food Programme in Roche-a-Bateaux, in Les Cayes, in the south west of Haiti, on October 12, 2016 Hurricane Matthew victims wait to receive food from the UN's World Food Prog
Delayed Haiti elections to go ahead November 20
Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti, whose long-overdue presidential elections were further delayed when Hurricane Matthew ravaged the island nation killing hundreds and causing massive destruction, will
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