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Prioritising the Caribbean Creative Industry through the Caribbean Creative Industries Management Unit (CCIMU)
Port-of-Spain, TRINIDAD, June 17, 2016. The process of cultivating a buoyant and sustainable cultural and creative economy within the Caribbean is
Reparations important to Barbados
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has reiterated that “the reparations issue is not based on a diplomacy of protest, but on a diplomacy of engagement”.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines hosts first formal Regional Conversation on Marijuana in CARICOM
The first formal regional conversation around Marijuana in CARICOM got started here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday June 15.
Regional programme launched to increase goat, sheep meat production
JAMAICA has endorsed a regional programme that seeks to improve the stock of sheep and goats in the country while training persons in animal husbandry, with particular emphasis on small ruminants.
CEBO ‘ambassador’ in Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship summit
St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy PM Richards presents support to Ms. Elliott for her travel to Silicon Valley. (Photo courtesy the Department of Youth Empowerment)[/caption]
PAHO executive discussing plans for improving health in the region
WASHINGTON, Jun 22, CMC – The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is meeting in Jamiaca to discuss strategies and plans to improve health in the Americas, including t
Grenada Parliament gives nod to CCJ
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jun 21, CMC – The Grenada Parliament Tuesday approved legislation for the island to replace the London-based privy Council with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice&n
Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weath
Energy-efficiency strategy coming for the Caribbean
THE CARIBBEAN is, within the next two or so years, to have an energy efficiency strategy that should serve the growth agenda of various islands.
Commonwealth ICT ministers endorse CTO’s four-year strategic plan at 2016 meeting
Outcomes of the biennial ministerial meeting held in London also include:
Putting together policy and strategy to work for small and medium agricultural producers
Making policy and planning strategies that are practical, useful and workable was the main objetctive at the Ninth Regional Planners Forum on Agriculture in the Caribbean, currently taking pla
CARICOM decriminalisation of marijuana report expected next month
Gonsalves: consulations may last another year
Community involvement key in eliminating zika-carrying mosquito
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2016 (SKNIS): Retired entomologist Dr.
PAHO says it has strong strategy to support countries affected by Zika
WASHINGTON, United States, Friday June 24, 2016 – The long-term outlook for the Americas resulting from the Zika virus outbreak is uncertain and the number of people affected is difficult to gauge,
CARICOM still relevant in region- Minister Greenidge
Stronger mechanisms, dialogue and greater awareness are among some of the efforts the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needs to undertake to ensure its continued effectiveness.
UK’s exit from EU a threat to the Caribbean, warns region’s top academic
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sunday June 26, 2016 – Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles has warned the region to brace for the impact of the United Kingdom’s (UK) br
Jamaica leads region in surveys, statistics
JAMAICA is leading the region in terms of the administration of surveys and statistics.
Jamaica’s PM launches CARICOM Review Commission
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuessday launched the CARICOM Review Commission at Jamaica House. The Chairman of the Commission is Mr Bruce Golding, former Prime Minister.
Agreement to improve Meteorological collaboration in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) and the Meteorological Service