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Jamaica, China Dreaming Together

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Chinese people have always had the dream of the Great Harmony of all and longed for a beautiful society with noble virtue, material plenty, equality and equity.

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Chinese eggs waiting to be hatched

KINGSTON, Jamaica - FROM the Government of China's point of view, the visit of President Xi Jinping to Trinidad to meet nine Caribbean Heads of Government was a great success.

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‘Qatar City’ planned for Haiti after $20m pledge

Qatar has finalised the details of a development called ‘Qatar City’ being funded near Port-au-Prince as part of an aid pledge made by the Gulf state in the wake of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earth

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Earthquake strikes, residents reminded to ‘drop, cover, hold on’

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Antigua around 1:11 am yesterday and frightening many residents, including one from Buckleys who said, “it felt as if the house was being rip

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Northeastern Caribbean rattled by earthquake

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - Sections of the northeastern Caribbean were rocked by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Saturday evening.

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Reports of avian flu outbreak denied

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC -Officials in the Dominican Republic have denied reports of an outbreak of avian flu adding that the World Health Organisation declared the country free of

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Health Minister Puts Fast-Food Tax On The Table - Gov’t Facilitates Consultation On Hospital User-Fe

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE GOVERNMENT is considering several measures, among them the imposition of a levy on fast foods, to fund health care on the island.

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St. Vincent to be recognised for reducing undernourishment among its population

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is to travel to Rome to accept an award from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in recognition of St.

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Two-thirds of Haiti’s people face hunger and malnourishment as problems worsen in storms’ wake

BELLE ANSE, Haiti - The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast.

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Working group tasked with monitoring FATCA compliance

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has established a working group on the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the first positive steps taken towa

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ECLAC signs agreement to promote equality in the Caribbean

OSLO, Norway, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has signed an economic cooperation agreement with the Norwegian Foreign Affairs Ministry aimed at sharing e

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IDB to hold seminar on development challenges in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says leading experts from academia and development institutions will gather here this week to address development challenges facing the

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Caricom
IMF was wrong on Greece, what about us?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - It is generally accepted that for small developing countries, like Jamaica, who are in severe economic difficulties, there are few, if any, alternatives to the policy stipulat

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CARICOM worried about OAS budget cuts

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have told the Organisation of America States (OAS) that budget cuts are threatening the provision of scholarships and the activi

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Beyond The T&T Smokescreen

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Whatever it is A.J. Nicholson drank last Friday, we hope Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will insist that he recommend it to Industry Minister Anthony Hylton.

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CARICOM’s ‘survival’ challenges

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE first in a series of planned consultations, across this region, for the introduction of a Five-Year Strategic Plan for CARICOM had a low-profile start in Barbados last Wed

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Is CARICOM A Necessity?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The relationship of Jamaica with its Caribbean neighbours in a regional organisation was first publicly discussed at a conference in Montego Bay in 1947, called by the British

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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,…

It is my pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and indeed the entire CARICOM Secretariat.

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CPL a bright idea

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Caribbean Premier League, which bowls off in Barbados on July 30, could bring many benefits to the sport and the region.

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