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US says research in the Caribbean may result in better protection for depleted fish species
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC - The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says research in the Caribbean may result in better protection for depleted fish species.
Government to tackle deficit in Maths at schools
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is moving to deal with the deficit in mathematics at the primary and secondary levels and Education Minister Rev.
United States to help protect cultural heritage in Belize
WASHINGTON, CMC - The United States Department of State says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Belize to protect the country’s cultural heritage.
PM holds talks with Trinidad-based CAL
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.
Barbados votes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The narrowness of the election results in Barbados reflects a decision on the part of voters to keep close to the parties to which they have had allegiance.
Parliament approves increasing debt ceiling as money runs out
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Parliament has passed legislation allowing the One Bermuda Alliance government to borrow an additional one billion US dollars after it said it needed to act swiftly befor
Nation prepares for CARICOM Development Fund
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite Antigua & Barbuda still owing 63 per cent of its contribution to the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), the funding agency is still in the process of developing a pr
Four more witnesses to take stand in Myrie case
KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA'S Attorney General's Office yesterday indicated that it intends to call four witnesses to the stand as the Government began to present its case in the first sitting of
Jamaica has ‘evidence of discrimination’
KINGSTON – Lawyers representing the Jamaica government yesterday served notice at the Shanique Myrie trial that they would present evidence to show that Barbados has engaged in a pattern of discr
Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and his legacy of plunder
Hugo Chávez’s folksy charm and forceful personality made him an extraordinary politician.
PetroCaribe positively impacted Jamaica’s balance of payments – Hughes
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez predicted, during a visit to Jamaica eight years ago, that the PetroCaribe arrangement would save participating countries billions of dol
Nicholson hopeful oil deal will survive Chávez
KINGSTON, Jamaica - FOREIGN AFFAIRS and Foreign Trade Minister Senator A.J.
Dominica declares National State of Mourning in honour of Chavez
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Tuesday night declared a national state of mourning in honour of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died earlier following a long battle with can
Region pays homage to President Chavez
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Caribbean Community leaders were Wednesday paying tribute to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez who died Tuesday after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Caribbean pays tribute to President Chavez
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, who for more than 14 years, used his influence, oil and cash to fashion closer relationship among countries in the Caribbean died Wednesday, l
Remarks Delivered By Mr. Lennox Benjamin, Chief Statistics, Bureau Of Statistics, Guyana, On The…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Madame Chairperson, Secretary-General of the CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Project Director, Regional Statistics,
