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BRUSSELS, Belgium, CMC – The Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Milton Haughton, says while the region consumes a significant amount of fish annually, most of the commodities are imported. Haughton told the 32nd CTA Brussels Briefing that ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says it is involved in an after-school project aimed at young people who will use creative techniques to reduce at-risk behaviours, increase health-related awareness and impact educational aspirations. It said ...

By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation Tool (CCORAL) was launched here, last Friday, with regional countries hoping it will become another initiative that will result in meaningful progress in ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) on Monday, said, that members of the executive had resigned as the fallout continues over conflicting reports that the impasse involving management and journalists at the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has been accepted as an Associate member of the Southern Customs Union (MERCOSUR). An official government statement noted that Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her counterparts from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela, Thursday, signed ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it will go ahead with the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) despite already spending US$20 million for mobilization, field and laboratory works. Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, said the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley said that Jamaica, through its Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) ...

NEW YORK, New York — The Clinton Foundation has entered into a partnership with the Government of the Netherlands to implement Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) in Malawi and Tanzania. The Government of the Netherlands will invest $3 million to expand the ...

By Naimul Haq Bangladesh Correspondent RANGPUR, Bangladesh (IPS) – Shirin Aktar was just 13 years old when her parents decided it was time for her to get married. The eldest girl in a poor, conservative family hailing from the Rangpur ...

By Cydney Hargis US Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – Advocacy groups here are reacting with frustration as several southern U.S. states have moved to enact stricter voting requirements in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision that rolled back ...