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Guyana: Ban on plastic coming
Guyana Chronicle:- A DOCUMENT proposing a ban on single-use plastic will be placed before Cabinet for consideration, Minister of State Joseph Harmon disclosed on Monday during an event to mark Earth Day 2018 at State House under the theme ‘End...
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Antigua: Ganja in bedsheet set at airport
Antigua Observer:- The police seized over seven pounds of marijuana at V.C. Bird International Airport yesterday. It is the fourth drug bust at the airport in recent days. Officers attached to the Narcotics Department and K-9 Unit were...
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CCJ President-Designate Selected by UN body for International Judicial Board
PRESS RELEASE: Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Honorable Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders, who will assume the post as president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on July 4th, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Global Judicial Integrity...
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Re-engineering Teacher Education in the Eastern Caribbean
OECS Media Release: Monday, April 23, 2018 — Approximately 100 Education professionals of the 10 OECS Member States participated in the OECS Teacher Education and Professional Development Conference under the theme, “One Voice in...
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UNHCR regret at deportations of Venezuelans from Trinidad and Tobago
PRESS RELEASE: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, deeply regrets the deportation this past weekend by Trinidad and Tobago of 82 Venezuelan nationals. The 82 include registered asylum-seekers and individuals who had declared an intention to apply for...
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Entrepot Secondary School Wins Regional Competition
PRESS RELEASE: The Scotiabank/Junior Achievement Innovation Camp is a one-day, intensive experience that engages students with entrepreneurial and collaborative learning opportunities. The goal is for students between 13 and 18 years old to find...
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Juvenile Justice: OECS-USAID funded boys training center reopens in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
OECS Media Release: Monday, April 23, 2018 — The OECS Commission, USAID and the Ministry of National Mobilization in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recently partnered to undertake major renovation work on the Liberty Lodge Boys Training...
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Revised Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems Checklist endorsed
Press Release:- During the 9th Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), members endorsed the Revised Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems Checklist. The TAC participated in its...
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