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Look to Canada for energy solution - diaspora member
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A member of the diaspora in Canada has said that it is time Jamaica engage Canada in the discussions aimed at eking out an alternative energy solution to solve the local energ
EDITORIAL - Dr Phillips must hold his nerve
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Dr Peter Phillips must be under tremendous pressure from his Cabinet colleagues over the slide of the Jamaican dollar in relation to the greenback, now at J$100:US$1.
Government to introduce renewable energy legislation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government says it will soon introduce legislation to facilitate renewable energy generation on the island.
Finance Minister leads delegation to Europe for talks
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Finance Minister Dr.
Govt taps $833m from Chinese
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago is already beginning to put some $833 million of the US$3 billion in concessional loans from China to use.
Scientists continue “systematic” exploration of Caribbean
MASSACHUSETTS, CMC - A team of oceanographers and astrobiologists in the United States is continuing their “systematic” exploration of one of the deepest points in the Caribbean Sea, searching fo
Sino-Caribbean relations: Priorities and tradeoffs
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The visit to the Caribbean earlier this month by Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and the simultaneous announcement that the region would be the beneficiary of yet another huge tran
UN condemns forced eviction of families
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - A senior United Nations official has expressed concern about ongoing illegal forced evictions and human rights abuses of families displaced by the 2010 earthquake.
Not up to mark!
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A row may be brewing between Barbados and the Caribbean’s executive director at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
ACP countries pleased with dialogue with European Union
BRUSSELS, CMC – African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries say they are pleased with the outcome of deliberations with the European Union (EU) on a number of issues including the European Deve
Countries slow to ratify Cariforum/EU EPA
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Political will is needed for all the countries in Cariforum and the European Community to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), British High Commissioner to T
JMA to AJ Nicholson: ‘Step aside, minister’
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) yesterday told Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister AJ Nicholson to step aside or start singing a different tune on the trad
The ongoing trade deficit problem for T&T and Jamaica
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE RECURRING challenges of a widening trade deficit for Jamaica with Trinidad and Tobago featured again in the Jamaican senate last Friday but climaxed with an understandi
Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade Strategy launches in Haiti -
Turning market access into market presence What is Aid for Trade?
Top US officials call for closure of detention center in Cuba
WASHINGTON, CMC – After visiting the controversial Guantánamo detention center in Cuba, a top United States official and two legislators have called for its immediate closure.
‘Let Mandela Go’
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa prayed for Nelson Mandela yesterday as the revered peace icon faced a third night in hospital, with calls for the family and the nation to "let him go".
Region mourns passing of leading agri-science expert
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -ACADEMICS in the region are today mourning the passing of Prof Emeritus Nazeer A Ahmad, who was one of the last associates of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
Nelson Mandela, 94, in Intensive Care
PRETORIA, South Africa - Nelson Mandela is intensive care as he recovers from a recurring lung infection.
EDITORIAL: Facing up to economic reality
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE RECENT notices of pending layoffs in the private sector will undoubtedly invite an aura of scepticism and concern among our working class population.
