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 TOKYO, Japan, September 1, 2010 - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David on Wednesday met with his Japanese counterpart H.E Mr. Katsuya Okada as they discussed a wide range of issues including Climate Change, UN Security Council Reform among others.
The Grenadian Minister, who is in the Japanese capital to attend the Second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, took the opportunity to thank the Government of Japan for the assistance they have made available so far, especially in the Fisheries Sector, Human Resource Development through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programmes and in the area of Climate Change.
Mr. Okada said that Japan was pleased with Grenada’s leadership of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) particularly at the COP15 and looks forward to their continued leadership at COP16 scheduled for Cancun, Mexico in December. |
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'Single' resolution reached at agriculture risk insurance symposium |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The multisectoral stakeholders who were gathered for the Caribbean Agriculture Insurance Symposium on Disaster Risk Management in Antigua have prioritized the establishment of a Regional Programme for disaster risk management as the first step forward towards the development of agriculture in the Region. |
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CARICOM Trade Ministers Agree on Non-Reciprocal Access for Some Haitian Goods |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has given its support to a proposal for Haiti to have non-reciprocal access to the Community’s markets for some goods for a period of three years.
The COTED meeting ended in Georgetown on Friday and Chair of the two-day Meeting, Senator the Honourable Joanne Massiah, Minister of State in the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda, lauded the magnanimous gesture of Member States. |
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
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By: Jean Griffiths (President of The Sickle Cell Association of Grenada) Background
Sickle cell disease is the commonest of the human inherited blood condition, found in people of African decent however it is also found in people originating from Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. It is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting the structure of haemoglobin in the red pigment principally responsible for the carriage of oxygen by the red cells of the blood. In sickle cell disease the red cells instead of being concave shape they are shaped like a farmers sickle (hence the name), and does not carry oxygen very well they clump together in the blood vessels and cause vaso –occlusive crisis. These crises are characterised by excruciating pain in any part of the body and can warrant hospitalisation, |
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CARIBBEAN MEDIA EXCHANGE TARGETS YOUTH, EXCELLENCE AND THE DIASPORA |
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey (June 17, 2010) - The sustainability of tourism in the region is reliant on ensuring vigilance in the media, excellence among young journalists, and by actively engaging the Caribbean community abroad, asserted a leading media exchange organization.
The Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) outlined the recognition and encouragement of young journalists was one of its major aims, as it announced the opening of the application process for media and youth scholarships and fellowships for its next session in the Fall. |
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