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Women prime ministers urge an end to violence against women

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean only two women heads of government Friday pledged to end violence and discrimination against women in their respective countries as they joined the gl

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” A PROMISE IS A PROMISE - TIME FOR ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,” STATEMENT BY THE…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On this occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Observance of United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day, I again salute the wom

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Cabinet minister’s son jailed in United States

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The 25-year-old son of a Bermuda cabinet minister has been jailed for 18 years in Florida for a string of violent offences.

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Jamaica debt exchange affects Sagicor

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The fallout from Jamaica’s recently approved debt exchange arrangement has hit at least one of Barbados’ biggest financial institutions.

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Jamaica’s cancer programme under review

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived here to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of Jamaica’s cancer control capacity in the areas

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Opposition leader files lawsuit against Prime Minister

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace says his lawyers have written to Prime Minister Dr.

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Government to appeal court ruling regarding senators

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says it will appeal a ruling by the High Court regarding the appointment of an attorney general for St.

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‘A huge sacrifice’ - PM lauds public sector for showing concern for national interest

KINGSTON, Jamaica- THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) could be called upon by the Government to assist in ensuring the success of the economic programme Jamaica is pursuing with the International M

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Enough talk, say farmers

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LOCAL FARMERS ARE tired of hearing the same thing over and over on praedial larceny.

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Guyanese stock market continues to grow

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As at December 2011, the market capitalisation of shares on the Guyana Stock market (GASCI) was G$89.48 billion.

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CaribNET launches to better connect the Caribbean

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A broadband fibre optic network called C@ribNET has been launched to connect tertiary institutions, schools, hospitals and other educational establishments to knowledge

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Crowdfunding Clean Energy

If you wanted to get large numbers of people actively engaged in helping to solve global warming, how might you go about it?

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Questions revived about exactly who should lead Venezuela until next election

CARACAS -- President Hugo Chávez won an additional six-year term in October but was never sworn in.

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A champion, a militant and a legend

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - This week much of our region is grieving. Flags across the Caribbean and Latin America are being flown at half-mast.

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Three days of mourning for Chavez

St. John’s Antigua- The country is to observe three days of mourning for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died after a two-year battle with cancer on Tuesday.

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Adios, Chavez

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Like others in this hemisphere and around the world, people in Trinidad and Tobago were naturally drawn to the larger-than-life figure of drama and colour projected by t

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Bharath: Chavez death will not impact trade with T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death on Tuesday is unlikely to have any impact on trade between that country and Trinidad and Tobago, Trade Minister Vasant Bharath s

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Chávez’s death brings hope, uncertainty to oil patch

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Venezuela's oil production is poised to reverse a dramatic decline that has seen exports fall by nearly half during Hugo Chávez's time as president.

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