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Jessica Sobhraj, President, Women in Music, during her presentation at the Workshop.
CDB funding Caribbean music sector development
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean region is known and celebrated for reggae and dancehall, soca, zouk and other genres.
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Caribbean Foreign Ministers discuss regional challenges ahead of ACS summit
Foreign ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on Friday discussed regional challenges and the action plan for the next two years hours before the
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Raúl Castro Meets Presidents of Haiti, Guyana, Jamaica and Suriname
Havana.- President Raúl Castro has met the provisional President of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert; Guyanese President, David Granger; Suriname's Desire Delano Bouterse, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica
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Havana Declaration
“United for a Sustainable Caribbean” 1.    The Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), meeting in Havana, Cuba, on 4 June, 2016;
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Prime Minister-elect of St. Lucia Mr. Allen Chastenet
Saint Lucians vote for change
The United Workers Party (UWP) led by businessman and former Tourism Minister Allen Chastenet was voted into office in St. Lucia’s general elections, Monday.  
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Caricom
Competition Law, Policy Training Seminar for St. Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, together with the CARICOM Competition Commission, is hosting a training seminar on Competition Law and Policy on Monday&nbs
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Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves
Caribbean integration is possible, St Vincent PM tells ACS summit
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, reaffirmed on Saturday in Havana that integration in Latin America and the Caribbean is a possible, realis
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Haiti’s provisional president Jocelerme Privert (Photo via Reuters)
Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months
Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, has told the Reuters News Agency that he will stay in office until next year to transfer power to an elected president unless parliament rule
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Prime Minister Allen Chastanet takes the oath of office the day after his UWP won general elections.
Allen Chastanet sworn in as new Saint Lucia Prime Minister
CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in Tuesday as the sixth Prime Minister of St Lucia since the island attained political independence from Bri
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A view of the General Assembly Hall during the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
UN adopts declaration on ending AIDS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 8, CMC – The United Nations Wednesday adopted a progressive, new and actionable Political Declaration on Ending AIDS which includes a set of specific, time-bound targets that mu
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UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé
2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS sets world on the Fast-Track to end the epidemic by 2030
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 8 June 2016—UNAIDS welcomes the new goals, targets and commitments of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on Ending AIDS.
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CARICOM Climate Change Institution wins international award
The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has been awarded the 2016 Energy Globe for a project submitted on Be
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Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of the OECS, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris
The OECS Stands as a Beacon On The Hill To The Process of Regional Integration, Says Prime Minister Harris
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2016 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and recently-appointed Chairman of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr.
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Belize Foreign Minister Wilfred Erlington
OAS approves Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Jun 14, CMC – The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a Declaration of Support for Belize and Guatemala in their ongoing ef
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Signing of Public-Private Alliance on ICTs in the Americas  (Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS)
OAS and private sector to boost digital connectivity in the Americas
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Organization of American States (OAS), several leading companies in the field of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the Economic Commission
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