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CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Hon. Perry Christie addressing the first China-CELAC Ministerial meeting in Beijing
First China-CELAC ministerial meeting concludes in Beijing

The first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded in Beijing on Friday  after passing three major documents: t

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Kamla Persad- Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidadians get assurance on State of Economy - PM Persad- Bissessar’s address on the state of the…

January 9, 2015: The following is a statement made my Prime Minister, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the evening of January 8, 2015 on matters of the state of the economy:

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Caricom
CARICOM issues message of condolence to the Government and people of France

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its deepest condolences to the Government and people of France fol

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Fidel Pérez, who practices permaculture, grows giant oranges from China in his yard in Santiago de Cuba. Credit: Courtesy Randy Rodríguez Pagés/SEMlac
Family Farming Eases Food Shortages in Eastern Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan 7 2015 (IPS) - Meat and vegetables are never missing from the dinner table of Damaris González and Omar Navarro, since they get almost all of their food from their farm, La Re

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Pilot shortage hits Caribbean Airlines

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday January 8, 2015 – Caribbean Airlines is said to be experiencing a shortage of pilots at its Piarco and Norman Manley International airport bases in Trinidad and Ja

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WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo
WTO extends programme to help Caribbean trade

 GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) -- The World Trade Organisation (WTO) says the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a multi-donor programme that helps the poorest countries, including in the Caribb

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Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno
Latin America and Caribbean growth to pick up slightly in 2015

Latin America and the Caribbean's economic growth might recover modestly to 2.2 percent in 2015, up from 1.3 percent in 2014, its lowest rate since last decade's global financial crisis.

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Jamaicans agree on CCJ as final court of appeal - Don Anderson poll

KINGSTON, Jamaica January 7, 2015- As the Parliament continues its debate on whether Jamaica should establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal, almost half&nbs

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Ena Harvey
Push for small ruminants

The production of small ruminants is poised to take off in the region and the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture’s Representative to Barbados and Management Co-ordinator for t

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Caribbean Youth and Unemployment

By Marcia Forbes, PhD
CJ Contributor

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HIV programmes must be relatable to disabled

HIV programmes must be accessible and meet the needs of people with disabilities.

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New political head of CARICOM PM Christie to meet with President of China

The Prime Minster Perry Christie became the Chair of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, on 1st January. The Foreign Affairs Ministry congratulates the Prime Minister on this occasion as a signa

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The state of regional cricket

As 2015 begins, those of us who still have the best interests of West Indies cricket at heat should be wishing at least for a change in its fortunes.

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