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Festival Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool has announced the final program details for the 11th edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which takes place December 4-9, 2014 in Nassau and December 10-14,…
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Japan has provided more than JPY1.7 billion (One Yen=US$0.008 cents) to 14 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries since 1975, according to figures released here on Wednesday. Jamaica has been the biggest beneficiary of the Japanese aid,…
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Head of the EU delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Mikael Barfod, says the European Union remains committed to working with Caribbean governments and the regional private sector in building economic resilience. The EU…
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Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases and Health Analysis of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Marcos Espinal, says preventing local transmission of Ebola is the main goal in preparing for the eventual arrival the…
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The Caribbean could become one of the world’s largest tobacco-restricted zones in the next decade. This from Dr James Hospedales, Executive Director at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), at yesterday’s establishment of the…
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