COVID-19\OECS\Caribbean]
The Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) continues to mobilise efforts with multiple key stakeholders to address the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the citizens in the Eastern Caribbean.
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OECS
OECS MOBILIZES TO FIGHT COVID-19 IN CARIBBEAN
UK ORGANIZES DIGITAL MEDIA WORKSHOPS FOR CARIBBEAN JOURNALISTS
[Media Training\Caribbean]
The “Change Your Story” comprehensive workshops were designed to improve the digital media capabilities of participants and encourage a solutions-based approach to journalism.
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS RECEIVE TRAINING IN OECS “FREE MOVEMENT” IMMIGRATION PLAN
[Caribbean News\OECS “Free Movement” Immigration Plan]
Ambassador Colin Murdoch: “The fundamental objective of the OECS Economic Union is to remove barriers, consolidate markets for all Member States and support the rights and privileges that are given to any citizen and national of the Economic Union.”
Under the Revised Treaty of Basseterre, citizens of all Protocol Member States in the OECS Economic Union are free to move, live and work throughout Member States.
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OECS AND CARPHA STRENGTHEN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH ISSUES IN REGION
[Caribbean News\OECS]
The objective of the second project is to understand and decrease the risks directly due to natural disaster and the subsequent disruption in healthcare for vulnerable persons with diabetes and other NCDs in 6 Eastern Caribbean states recently affected by natural disasters – Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, Montserrat and St Kitts and Nevis.
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CELEBRATE 38TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE FROM UNITED KINGDOM
[Caribbean News\Antigua & Barbuda Independence]
Prime Minister Gaston Browne: “Today, we celebrate with pride, the contributions of all citizens and residents, to include: our nurses, doctors, teachers, police officers, soldiers and the other public servants, as, well as, those in the private sector for their sterling contribution to nation building.”
Ambassador Dr. Walton Webson: “We have come from bondage in the sugar cane and cotton fields, colonial beginnings, to a place of strong self- governance at home, with men and women who pursue all fields of endeavor with reason, excellence, and skill.”
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OECS WORKSHOP: NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ALONG WITH SOCIAL INCLUSION ESSENTIAL IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
[Caribbean News\Climate Change]
Shabaka Kambon: “We may have to start in early education to promote lifestyles that are less consumption-oriented, less energy-intensive and more concerned about the natural ecosystems upon which human life depends.”
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VINCENTIAN DESIGNER KIMYA GLASGOW HOSTS MARTINIQUE FASHION SHOW ON EVE OF PARIS FASHION WEEK
[Caribbean News\Fashion]
Kimya Glasgow holds an Associate Degree in Fashion Design from the Barbados Community College and has been mentored by several of the Caribbean’s most influential designers, including Trinidadian fashion maven Claudia Pegus, with whom she apprenticed. She has been shown in Miami Fashion Week, Caribbean Fashion Week in Jamaica, Fashion Week Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados Fashion Week, St. Kitts Fashion Weekend and repeatedly in Fashion Caribbean – St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ premier Fashion show. She is a 2009 Caribbean Fashion Awards winner.
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