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MONTSERRAT-DRUGS-Police detain several foreigners in cocaine seizure

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Montserrat police say they have made “significant” progress in anti-smuggling drug operations and border security initiatives over the past few weeks.

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JAMAICA-ECONOMY-IMF team arrives for another round of talks

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived here on Monday for the latest rounds of negotiations with the Portia Simpson Miller administration.

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GRENADA-AVIATION – Airport security breach being investigated

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Law enforcement authorities here are continuing their investigation into a security breach at Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport where an unauthorized pers

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BARBADOS-CRIME-Police investigating missing data on oil industry

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Police are investigating the disappearance of a significant amount of data on Barbados’s critical oil industry from the Division of Energy and Telecommunications.

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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-US sues major credit rating agency with Caribbean service

LOS ANGELES, California, CMC – The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against one of the world’s larger credit-ratings agencies that services several Caribbean Co

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CARIBBEAN-TRADE-British trade mission visits the Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A British trade mission showcasing Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and expertise arrives here on Wednesday as part of a visit to two Caribbean countri

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Haiti tackles housing troubles

CROIX-des-BOUQUETS, Haiti - The bright green, orange and blue box-shaped tiny buildings beckon like neon signs on a dark night.

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Head of state selection process due for review

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - Now that it's all over bar the secret voting for a finally named candidate in Justice Anthony Carmona, the process of electing a President of the Rep

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Soon dead? Experts dismiss belief sickle cell a death sentence

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - Employers discriminate against sickle cell patients, say experts SICKLE cell experts yesterday debunked as myth, a common belief that the illness is a death sentence

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IMF Team In Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was due in the island yesterday and is expected to remain in Jamaica until February 15.

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Obama to lobby for immigration reform amid citizenship dispute

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will seek to build momentum for US immigration reform this week ahead of his State of the Union address, which is expected to challenge Republicans t

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Jamaica unveil plans for global logistics hub

(Trinidad Guardian) KINGSTON—The Government of Jamaica has unveiled ambitious plans that will build the Caribbean island into a Global Logistics Hub for the Americas and position it as a regional

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Venezuela’s Chavez improving after tough cancer fight, Castro says

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is getting “much better” as he recovers from cancer surgery almost two months ago in Havana, Communist Pa

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Venezuela’s Chavez improving after tough cancer fight, Castro says

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is getting “much better” as he recovers from cancer surgery almost two months ago in Havana, Communist Pa

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UK cop knocks Jamaica in British press

(Jamaica Observer) - Former Assistant Commissioner of Police detective Les Green has painted a hellish picture of his eight-year tour of duty in Jamaica with a job he said was a “tremendous strai

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Create niche branding, more window of options

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - NICHE marketing and branding are opportunities Barbados should pursue to grow more of its exports.

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International recession not to blame

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – “The things affecting Barbados are not as a result of any international environment, but the result of very poor quality leadership and governance.” This charge w

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Bad report for the Caribbean on criminal defamation laws

VIENNA, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) Monday said that defamation laws remain widespread across the Caribbean that could even lead to imprisonment.

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Youngest ever head of state

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The coalition People’s Partnership government Monday named High Court judge Anthony T.

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Pressure mounts on Prime Minister Douglas

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Pressure continued to mount on the Denzil Douglas administration to debate in parliament the opposition inspired motion of no confidence in his administration.

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