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PAHO, stakeholders work on new Caribbean Action Plan on health, climate change
The Gleaner
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June 26, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, (PAHO/WHO): From June 17-19 representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
Taipei food show opens with record participants
Taipei Times
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June 25, 2025
The Food Taipei Mega Show opened yesterday at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, featuring a record-breaking more than 1,700 exhibitors, organizers the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said. This year’s event, which runs...
'Killer bees' spreading across US leave a trail of death…
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a man mowing his property died after a...
PAHO Collaborates To Develop New Caribbean Action Plan
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 26, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Representatives from the ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies, and other key stakeholders met in Barbados, from June 17 to 19, to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
Ministry Launches First Health Datathon to Unify Patient Records Nationwide
Love FM
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June 13, 2025
Various entities that gather health-related data gathered in Belize City this morning for a first-of-its-kind health sector “Datathon”. Hosted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the two-day initiative is aimed at streamlining patient data to...
OP-ED: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Dominica News Online
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June 23, 2025
Lilia BurunciucEarlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find...
Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands
Mongabay
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June 23, 2025
Mongabay published a five-part series delving into Brazil’s ongoing operation to evict illegal gold miners from Munduruku Indigenous territories, deep in the Amazon Rainforest. While there has been some disruption to mining in the region,...
Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Caribbean Life - New York
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June 23, 2025
Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for Caribbean countries. Photo courtesy World Bank Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education — without success. As the weeks passed...
PAHO Collaborates with Stakeholders to Develop New Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change
Pan American Health Organization
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June 24, 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 June 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – From 17-19 June, representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan...
EDITORIAL- Closing the Skills Gap to Create More Jobs in the Caribbean
Antigua News Room
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June 23, 2025
By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she...
World Bank Opinion Editorial: Creating More Jobs in the Caribbean – Lilia Burunciuc
I News Cayman
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June 23, 2025
Lilia Burunciuc By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options...
Caricom Climate Centre to mark 20 years
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) will commemorate its 20th anniversary with a banquet and awards ceremony on Wednesday at the Best Western Plus Belize Biltmore Plaza in Belize City. Established in 2005,...
Opinion: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 23, 2025
Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find some form of...
Gender parity gap on women’s political representation a priority of CARICOM Regional Gender Equality Strategy -Secretary-General
Win Media SKN
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June 24, 2025
“In the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), we have seen the rise of formidable women leaders in government, the private sector and civil society, yet women remain underrepresented in formal political institutions and upper management roles. Only 2 of...
37 Countries Commit to Tackling ‘Invisible Yet Powerful Threat’ of Ocean Noise Pollution
EcoWatch
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June 11, 2025
A blue whale dives near Sri Lanka near a cargo ship. sbedaux / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based...
Eleven Countries Launch First Commitment to Protect Climate-Resilient Coral Reefs
Newswise
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June 10, 2025
At the UN Ocean Conference in France, 11 governments unite to sign a bold new pledge to safeguard coral reefs with the best chance of long-term survival in the face of climate change Papua New Guinea, WCS, WWF, and TNC co-host a landmark event at...
50 years after ‘Jaws,’ sharks face their own terror
Science News
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June 20, 2025
One June 20, 1975, a fictional great white shark stalked beachgoers on Amity Island — and struck terror into moviegoers around the world. Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel, was a blockbuster. Its portrayal of sharks as...
'Killer bees' keep spreading (and killing) across the US
AOL
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Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a man mowing his property died after a bee...
After the revolution
Amandala
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June 11, 2025
A letter writer poses some serious questions in this current issue of Amandala, and a brief editorial comment would not suffice, so we will employ this whole editorial to address one aspect of the writer’s letter titled, “Activism in Belize”. We...
'Killer bees' spreading across US leave a trail of death and terror
USA Today - Virginia
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Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. In the last three months alone, a man mowing his property died after a bee...