Ebola survivors’ blood to treat deadly disease

Anastassia Cunningham, Health Coordinator The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the blood of patients who recover from the deadly Ebola virus could be used to treat those still suffering from the disease. Like other infections, infected humans produce antibodies in the blood in an...
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IMF takes gender equality campaign to Jamaica

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will continue to enhance the analysis of the macroeconomic effects of gender inequality, including in its surveillance work, under which it oversees the international monetary system and monitors the economic and financial policies of its 188 member coun...
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Alternative energy sector budding

THERE has been an aggressive push towards renewable energy in Barbados so far this year, with major companies leading the way by implementing photovoltaic systems and generally making attempts to go green to save money and protect the environment. Major companies in Barbados such as BICO and Red A...
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Political will needed to unlock CARICOM’s free trade in food

Caribbean ministers of agriculture will Friday make another push to break down artificial non-tariff trade barriers but an expert at the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) says progress will depend largely on political will. “It’s political will! Really and ...
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State minister hails Caricom consumer protection system

MINISTER of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams says that the Caribbean Community's (Caricom) online consumer-protection warning system has the potential to foster development of regional economies, while protecting consumers from unsafe goods. Sh...
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St. Lucia prepares to deal with possible threat of Ebola virus

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Oct. 2, CMC - Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George says the country is improving its readiness and ability to respond, to a possible threat of the Ebola virus . Belmar says Ministry of Health has taken an approach approved by both regional ...
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Antigua and Barbuda to host reparations conference this month

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The movement towards reparations will take another vital step later this month when Antigua & Barbuda will play host to the 2nd Caricom Reparations Conference. The conference, staged by the Caricom Reparations Commission and the Antigua & Barbuda Reparation...
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CDEMA unveils new online monitoring and evaluation tool

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) continues to strengthen its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems for disaster risk reduction projects and programmes in the region. Recognising the important role of technology in supporting rob...
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Debt forcing some SIDS to restructure their finances

In the Caribbean in 2014, average public debt levels amounted to 80 per cent of GDP – compared with 34 per cent for developing countries as a whole. According to Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), debt problems have forced many Small Island Develop...
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