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Guatemala in limbo
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Last week, in commenting on the May 10 sentencing of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, 86, to 80 years in jail for genocide and crimes against humanity, we were of the
Caribbean countries extend sympathy to United States on tornado disaster
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments have sent messages of empathy to the United States after a tornado killed more 24 people including nine children in Oklahoma on Mo
Turks and Caicos recovers cash, land amid probe
KINGSTON, Jamaica - OFFICIALS in the Turks and Caicos Islands say they have recovered US$19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets alleged
Decline in food production
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The Cuban government says it has seen a dramatic and unexplained drop in the harvest of vegetables and fruit in the first three months of the year.
‘Ban them now!’ Local entrepreneurs call for restrictions on agri imports
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ban the importation of all agricultural produce which can be cultivated locally! This, according to Peter McConnell, managing director of Worthy Park Estate Limited, is the first p
Get the facts on those e-mail claims
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE Commissioner of Police is the most appropriate authority to begin the probe into the authenticity of e-mails presented in the Parliament last Monday by Opposition Leader
SPY BUG IN DPP’S OFFICE
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - At the height of the Section 34 controversy, a sophisticated laser spying device was discovered in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, SC.
Groups welcome police probe in e-mail scandal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Business organisations are happy to see an investigation by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)is being conducted into allegations made in Parliament about controve
Coalition observes third anniversary, public opinion poll shows low approval rating for
PM PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The ruling coalition People’s Partnership government is observing its third anniversary in office on Friday with an opinion poll showing that the approval rating for
PM, ministers heading overseas
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as well as several government ministers will be heading overseas in the coming days on separate engagements. Simpson Miller left for Addis Abab
PIOJ optimistic about economic growth in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is predicting that the island’s economy could experience as much as one per cent economic growth this fiscal year based on the impleme
Barbados must sharpen focus as a financial centre
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE OFFSHORE SECTOR has always been major part of the financial employment generating and foreign exchange earning aspects of our economy, and along with tourism, it has helped
OECS to benefit from US$20 million IDB loan
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has signed an agreement for US$20 million for a Global Loan Program with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for projects in four Organizat
IDB supports sustainable energy for rural electrification in Haiti
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it will support a US$3 million technical cooperation project to help the government of Haiti test different renewable energy solutions
Human rights group claims prosecution of Caribbean migrants hurting families
WASHINGTON, CMC – A major international human rights group says the skyrocketing criminal prosecutions of Caribbean and other migrants for illegally entering or reentering the United States carry huge
PPM on track to form Government
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - As the counting of ballots from Wednesday’s General Election continues, the latest results have revealed that the opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) is j
US immigration bill could lead to C’bean ‘brain drain’ – Lawyer
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Immigration and criminal defence lawyer Fitzmore Harris said the Caribbean and other developing nations need to prepare for the impending “brain drain” that will result from the U
Economists respond to Dookeran on new plan for regionalism
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic hardships Caribbean countries face, it is important that regional countries work together to overcome the difficulties, said Dr Dillon Alleyne, economic
Three held in multi-million dollar cocaine bust in Caribbean Sea
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — United States federal prosecutors have indicted three foreigners in a US$27 million cocaine bust in the Caribbean Sea.