Jobs key to Haitian recovery

(CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Job creation and strengthening the capacity of the Haitian Government were the top two priorities laid out to the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during its two-day mission to Haiti. Both the President and P...
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Edutainment and Gender Based Violence

In 2011, an edutainment project was undertaken by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from UN Women, which brought together Caribbean Artists from Belize, Guyana and Suriname in a three-day workshop in Suriname to use their creativity in the production of public campaign material on gender based vi...
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JMA concerned about impact of lowered import duties

THE Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) yesterday joined the agricultural sector in expressing concern regarding the proposed reduction in the Common External Tariff (CET). "If duties are reduced, this will threaten the existence of several locally manufactured products, which will have i...
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New requirements for produce exporters to the USA

IN THE future, producers of fruits and vegetables and their products will be required to identify where any potential hazards can occur, establish control points, monitor how well their systems work and fix problems when they occur. This is according to Juliana Almeida, a Representative of the Int...
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More action needed to help farmers

There needs to be less talking and more actions taken in the agriculture industry for the benefit of farmers. This is the word of Wismar Greaves, Managing Director and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL). He made these comments at the Crop and Livestock Insurance Semina...
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