Caribbean Countries

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 33 days ago
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should improve and expand sexuality education programmes in order to prevent HIV and AIDS and reduce the impact of the epidemic in the region, a group of United Nations agencies said recently. Comprehensive sexuality education is one of the lynchpins of HIV prevention, especially if tailored to the needs of young people, the group argued. ...

Source: newsblaze.com --- 6 days ago
Alexander said the Continuing Promise strategy is to build trust with other Countries in the Americas and to provide the services of medical personnel to people who need such assistance. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 20 days ago
Caribbean Countries of Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada have agreed to form an economic union in 2011, said news reaching here from Puerto Espana, the ca... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 24 days ago
Caribbean Countries have been assisting with earthquake recovery efforts in China. Over 60,000 people were killed in the south western Sichuan province when the quake hit two weeks ago. The Ca... ...

Source: www.caribbeannetnews.com --- 8 days ago
YAOUNDE (Reuters): Banana producers in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries will fight fresh attempts by Latin American growers to obtain cuts in European Union import tariffs for their fruit, ACP members said on Tuesday. If EU tariffs are lowered, ACP banana producers fear they could find themselves squeezed out. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 18 days ago
Raging tropical storm Fay has brought floods to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing at least four people, according to information reaching here Saturday. A man died Saturday in Haiti while tryi... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 25 days ago
Leaders from 50 Latin American, European and Caribbean Countries are gathered in the Peruvian capital, Lima for a summit to address rising food prices, global warming and poverty. However, politi... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 32 days ago
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should improve and expand sexuality education programmes in order to prevent HIV and AIDS and reduce the impact of the epidemic in the region, a group of United ... ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 32 days ago
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean should improve and expand sexuality education programmes in order to prevent HIV and AIDS and reduce the impact of the epidemic in the region, a group of United ... ...

Source: zephyr.tigblog.org --- 33 days ago
More information needed on EPA: Nassau Guardian Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: A number of concerned citizens have been expressing their opinions on the intriguing yet controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). While those who have some idea of what it entails, there are others who state they do not understand and are requiring that the government and business leaders explain what will happen if The Bahamas signs on to such a treaty. Just recently, a local economic activist was publicly stating his support of a petition which calls for the EPA to be renegotiated. Paul Moss, chairman of Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on Free Trade (BARF), revealed that he and other members of his organization have signed the online petition which questions the trade agreement. The petition, which can be found at ipetitions.com , is sponsored by regional civil organizations in the Caribbean that are deeply concerned about the EPA. Supporters of the petition include members of CARIFORUM states (CARICOM and the Dominican Republic). Since the petition began on July 1, more than 270 people have signed on, demanding their governments take a closer look at the EPA. The petition specifically calls for regional governments to limit the EPA only to what is required to make it World Trade Organization (WTO) compatible; make specific legally-binding provisions in the EPA for financial and technical assistance from the European Commission, to be used in ...

Source: blog.clinicofintegrativemedicine.com --- 15 days ago
The Countries in Latin America and Caribbean sea must perfect and increase the program of the formation to sexuality to prevent HIV and HELPS and reduces the influence to epidemics in region, group agency United Nation has said recently. Exhausting formation to sexuality - one of lynchpins preventions HIV, particularly if it is adapted to need [...] ...

Source: www.bbc.co.uk --- 34 days ago
A number of Caribbean Countries celebrating Emancipation Day - and other stories. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 31 days ago
Region :Latin America Country :Caribbean Countries Topic :Internet, Basic Journalism Mainstream news organizations around the world are experimenting with multimedia and developing interactive Web sites. ...

Source: www.npr.org --- 3 days ago
Hurricane Gustav is being blamed for more than 80 deaths in the Caribbean over the past week as it swept across several Countries. ...

Source: www.marketwire.com --- 3 days ago
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Canadian Red Cross is urging Canadians to support relief operations for hurricane Gustaf, including its deadly effects in Caribbean Countries and current impact along the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...

Source: www.bostonherald.com --- 3 days ago
HAVANA- Tropical Storm Hannah soaked the Bahamas Monday on a path that could take it up Florida's Atlantic coast. And while Caribbean Countries began cleaning up from... ...

Source: www.marketwire.com --- 3 days ago
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2008) - The Canadian Red Cross is urging Canadians to support relief operations for hurricane Gustaf, including its deadly effects in Caribbean Countries and current impact along the U.S. Gulf Coast. "We have disaster management personnel and equipment ready to move to impacted areas in the U.S. if our assistance is requested with recovery efforts," said Don Schropshire, director, disaster management, Canadian Red Cross. "We maintain continous contact with our colleagues in the American Red Cross who have thousands of Red Cross workers in place providing shelter, food and personal comfort to evacuees." ...

Source: www.MiamiHerald.com --- 34 days ago
It's official: Latin Americans pay fewer taxes than people in almost any other region of the world. Two new studies by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) say that Latin American governments' tax collection is not only way below that of the world's 30 most industrialized Countries, but also lower than that of Southeast Asia and Africa. ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 31 days ago
A U.N food agency says it has started distributing seeds and tools to thousands of farmers in Haiti. The impoverished Caribbean nation has been one of the hardest hit Countries in the global food crisis. Soaring food prices led to deadly riots in April. ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 3 minutes ago
We're barely at the mid-point of the hurricane season, yet already it has turned into one of the most destructive periods in Haiti's history. The poverty-stricken Caribbean nation has been pummeled by three torrential storms in less than three weeks, with more looming over the horizon. As a result, Haiti and its nine million residents are on the brink of a humanitarian disaster that requires a coordinated effort by its leaders and neighboring Countries to save lives before far more are added to the... ...