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FOCUS ON 25TH INTERSESSIONAL MEETING – MARCH 10-11 ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to position itself to take full advantage of opportunities to sp

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Ambassador Irwin LaRoque
STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON SITUATION IN UKRAINE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned by the recent developments in Ukraine and calls on

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Dr. Didacus Jules Director-General
OECS Authority Selects Dr. Didacus Jules as New Director-General

OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, February 21st  2014 - Chairman of the OECS Authority Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer revealed on Friday that the OECS Authority has selected Dr.

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A signing ceremony in Nassau this week (BIS Photo)
Joint Bahamas, US Efforts “Critical” to Fighting Transnational Crime

Collaborative efforts between the Bahamas and the United States are “critical” to tackling the “constant assault” of transnational crime,” according to Bahamas Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell.

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Caricom
Expert: Region failing to safeguard cultural heritage

KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer - IN the context of the just concluded Black History Month, world heritage consultant Dr Janice Lindsay is calling on Caribbean States, to step up efforts to safeguar

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Caricom
100,000 J’can women, girls suffer pelvic disease

KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer - AS the country observes March as Endometriosis Month, co-founder of the Better Awareness and Support for Endometriosis (BASE) Foundation, Shauna Fuller-Clarke, is u

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Caricom
At least 28 dead in “terror attack at Chinese train station

BEIJING, (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed in a “violent terrorist attack” at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming by a group of unidentified people brandishing kn

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Caricom
GUYANA SETS PACE ON ‘FREE MOVEMENT’ IN CARICOM….

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - FOREIGN MINISTER, Carolyn Rodriques-Birkett was evidently quite pleased in announcing last Thursday that Guyana has become ‘the first’ country of the 15-member Car

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Caricom
Ukraine mobilises after Putin’s ‘declaration of war’

KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilised for war yesterday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invad

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Caricom
New York cops arrest wanted former GRA cashier–Was on Interpol radar since 2009

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - NEW YORK Police officers Justin Haag and Shawn McAdams of the Cheektowaga district pulled over a four-door, gold-coloured Infiniti sedan on Genesee Street near Her

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Caricom
Venezuela opposition musters thousands for march despite Carnival holiday

CARACAS, (Reuters) – While many Venezuelans went to the beach to enjoy the Carnival holiday, thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched in the capital yesterday, trying to keep up the mom

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Caricom
EDITORIAL: UN fails to help cholera victims

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - HOW MUCH longer will it take for the United Nations to come to grips with its moral, if not legal responsibility as well, to compensate the thousands of Haitian v

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Caricom
Fish divide

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - AN official of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Government may have to consider limiting the number of new fishermen to protect

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Caricom
Transport lay-offs

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - The state-owned Transport Board has started laying off workers – and the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) was last night readying itself to respond.

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Caricom
Serious Business: Caribbean Commitment in China

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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Caricom
Business Monday: Senator calls for more serious effort to aid small businesses

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - INDEPENDENT Senator, John Watson is arguing for greater assistance to the small business sector in a way that would stimulate economic activity and put Barbadians

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Caricom
Recession impacted promises’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - THE recession has not caused the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) to renege on their election promises, but it has impacted upon them.

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Caricom
Small farmers important too

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Small farmers also have a vital role to play in the growth of the agricultural sector and the overall contribution that this industry can make to the development

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Caricom
PUERTO RICO-CRIME -US law enforcement authorities arrest Puerto Rican man for child pornography

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Immigration and law enforcement (ICE) agency says a 21-year-old Puerto Rico man has been arrested at his home for production of child pornography.

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