(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Connect to the Americas Summit opened in Panama City on Wednesday with a chorus of calls for the speedy roll-out of secure and affordable and access broadband connectivity and digital inclusion, which gives everyone affordable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the region of the Americas.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Grenada’s Finance and Planning Minister the Hon Nazim Burke has called for “renewed funding opportunities in Information and Communication Technologies for developing countries to avoid “remaining on the wrong side of the digital divide.”
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nine CARICOM Member States participated in a multi-stakeholder meeting within the margins of the Connect the Americas Summit to showcase their projects and woo potential investors.
The Multi-stakeholder meeting brought together potential investors, countries and organisations to discuss the several projects show-cased for investment at Connect Americas Summit, which opened in Panama City last week Tuesday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The working session of the Connect Americas Summit began in the afternoon of Wednesday July 18 with two high-level panels discussing critical issues related to Broadband development.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies that points to new and emerging forms of abuse against both girls and boys. COHSOD denounces all forms of abuse of children, recognizing that other forms of abuse provide preconditions and the environment for sexual abuse.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to address you today. The Secretary General has asked that I convey to you his sincere regrets that prior commitments do not make it possible for him to be here especially when His Excellency President Ramoutar, CARICOM’s lead Head of Government for agriculture is present to address you.
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies that points to new and emerging forms of abuse against both girls and boys. COHSOD denounces all forms of abuse of children, recognizing that other forms of abuse provide preconditions and the environment for sexual abuse.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to address you today. The Secretary General has asked that I convey to you his sincere regrets that prior commitments do not make it possible for him to be here especially when His Excellency President Ramoutar, CARICOM’s lead Head of Government for agriculture is present to address you.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Children and Youth was convened under the theme: Charting our future: An integrated development agenda for children and youth, at the Princess International Hotel, Providence East Bank Demerara, Guyana on 10-11 July 2012.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will continue its partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in fighting Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that are wreaking havoc on the economies of the regions of the Americas.
Chronic NCDs, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease account for more than 70% of deaths globally and is the number one killer in the Americas, which include the Caribbean region.