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BLP boycotts Parliament, calls for election date to be announced

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Tuesday defended its decision to boycott a sitting of Parliament accusing the ruling Democratic Party (DLP) of failing

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GULP to contest February polls

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s oldest political party Tuesday signalled its intention to contest the February 19 general elections despite having not won a seat since 1999.

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Challenges to EU-Caribbean trade discussed

LONDON, CMC – Challenges facing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in exporting their goods to the European Union were among matters discussed Tuesday during a meeting of the sub-committee o

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Two new one-term govts?

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TWO countries of the Caribbean Community—Barbados and Grenada—are expected to be involved in parliamentary elections next month.

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Africa meets Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A high-powered Africa meets the Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday in Jamaica, before heading to T&T the following Thursday.

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Regional efforts to combat HIV/AIDS moving ahead

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean has approached the problems related to HIV/AIDS in a collective way.

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CXC celebrates forty

St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test.

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CARICOM leaders to meet in Haiti next month

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in Haiti next month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced Tuesday.

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Dr. Jerrol Thompson, Advisor on Energy to Prime Minister, St. Vincent and Grenadines (shown on screen) makes a point at the 3rd IRENA General Assembly Meeting
IRENA GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

The Third General Assembly Meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 13-14 January 2013 in Abu Dhabi, and the CARICOM Secretariat represented by its Programme Manag

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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET IN HAITI 18-19 FEBRUARY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti will host the Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 18-19 February 2

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Cable and Wireless to invest more in Caribbean operations

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) says it has agreed the sale of its Macau business, (CTM), for US$750 million, strengthening its ability to invest in the Central A

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Central Bank optimistic about economic growth

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago said it remains “cautiously optimistic” that the country’s economic growth will surpass two per cent in 2013, pointing to a

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PM urges unions to re-think position

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday appealed to the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Police Welfare Association to accept the government’s latest wage offe

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PM to meet with union leader

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with officials of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) later on Tuesday as he seeks to ward off a nationwide strike that the unio

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Senior US official visits Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour, Michael Posner, arrive(d) here on Monday at the start of a three-day visit to the earthquake bat

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Survey shows significant progress in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A new United Nations-backed national household survey shows substantial progress has been made for children in the education, nutrition, health and sanitation sectors

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Remembering Haiti and those who died

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT'S been three years since our sister Caribbean country Haiti was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people and devastated infrastructure.

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Focus on opportunities

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Should we congratulate St. Kitts and Nevis for being the most recent Caribbean nation to become a “high-income country, as defined by the World Bank?

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PM predicts economic growth, announces new taxes

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.

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