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Jamaica gets praise from PAHO/WHO for new tobacco law
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) have heaped praises on Jamaica for the no-smoking regulations, which took effect on Monday.
Health Minister defends smoking ban in public places
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it remains open to facilitating dialogue and reasonable suggestions regarding the newly implemented smoking ban in public places, the po
Government not pleased with online petition
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - A campaign by local human rights watchdog, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), highlighting the plight of children, has not gone down well with the Minister of Youth , Lisa Hann
Venezuela President Maduro talked energy, transport while in T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro’s trip to T&T two weeks ago followed the visits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Vice President Joe Biden to T&T in Ma
Jamaica to host PANCAP meetings
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) — The Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund Projects will meet in Jamaica today.
Singapore and Barbados sign open skies deal
Singapore has inked an open skies deal with Barbados that gives carriers full rights to operate as many flights as they want between the two nations.
STANDING OUR GROUND- A&B sets stage to collect WTO remedy
ST JOHN’S, Antigua- After 10 years of stalemate negotiations and estimated billions of dollars lost when United States legislation decimated the local gaming industry, government has moved toward
CARIFESTA Organisers Expect 30 Countries to Participate
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HCMC), Mr.
CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS RETURN FROM INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM SELIGER 2013 IN RUSSIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Tamira Browne (St.
CAL cuts Air Jamaica flights
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Cash-strapped Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has cut the number of flights of its Air Jamaica subsidiary by 50 per cent in a bid to stem multi-million-dollar losses at the nat
Democratise diplomatic process
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Diplomacy, stripped bare, is conversation taking place between global leaders behind closed doors.
After Egypt: uneasy now lies the head that wears a (democratic) crown
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Egyptian military coup that removed the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi was justified as an act to save democracy and preserve law and order by preventing t
Democratise diplomatic process
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Diplomacy, stripped bare, is conversation taking place between global leaders behind closed doors.
Caribbean American congresswoman wants probe into Zimmerman
NEW YORK, CMC - Caribbean American congresswoman Yvette D.
EDITORIAL: Security bureaucracy out of control
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - It makes perfect sense why the United States is desperate to get its hands on Edward Snowden.
Developing countries outperform rich nations in FDIs
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Value-added trade contributes nearly 30 per cent to developing countries' gross domestic product, on average, compared with 18 per cent in developed countries, according to th
Regional countries urged to ratify ICC treaty
LIMA, Peru, CMC – The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC) is calling on the governments of the Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica to join their Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-countries
Government defends integrity of local doping commission
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has defended the integrity of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) after five local athletes, including former world champion A
Opposition legislators walkout of Parliament
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Members of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) walked out of the Parliament on Tuesday night accusing Speaker, Michael Carrington, of unfair treatment in h
Jamaica to launch rare earth elements extraction project soon
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will soon launch the multi-million dollar rare earth elements extraction pilot project, being spearheaded the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) and Japanese