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Haiti Then And Now: 3 Years After The Earthquake
Evidence of loss remains even three years after a massive earthquake claimed the lives of as many as 200,000 people in Haiti.
Wake-up call for Haiti
Just in time for the third anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake on Jan.
Senior UN official visits Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Hervé Ladsous has arrived here ahead of the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed m
Chávez, or at Least His Sash, Is Set for Venezuela Inauguration
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez’s supporters have not ruled out swearing him in from his hospital in Havana.
Capriles: Venezuela court ruling political
CARACAS, Venezuela, (UPI) -- A Venezuelan Supreme Court ruling letting President Hugo Chavez begin his new term Thursday in absentia was politically motivated, a key opposition leader said.
Legislator welcomes ruling on stop-and-frisk tactics
NEW YORK, CMC – The Grenada-born American legislator, who was arrested during the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade two years ago, is hailing the decision of a court to strike down part of
CARICOM stock market review 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The year 2012 was a challenging year for equity investors in Caricom.
Take a bow, Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - However it goes on THA election day January 21, the people of Tobago have already scored a victory with the agreement by the contesting political parties to participate
LIAT apologizes to customers
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LIAT has apologized to customers travelling to and from Dominica and St. Vincent who have been experiencing an increase in cancelled flights and delayed baggage.
Talks fail
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A national strike, which could see thousands of workers on the streets, is now looming following LIME’s decision not to withdraw dismissal letters to 97 employees.
Ministers in ‘secret talks’ with Jack
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Seven Government Ministers, including National Security Minister and UNC chairman Jack Warner, were in Tobago yesterday for a meeting with political leader of the Tobago
Guyana preparing for international talks on banning mercury
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana is sending a delegation to the fifth session of the Inter-Governmental Negotiation Committee in Geneva later this month where an international ban on mercury will
Western diplomats call for Local Government polls in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Western countries Wednesday pressured Guyana to ensure that Local Government elections last held here in 1994 take place during the coming months.
Zacca: Jamaica heading for economic crisis without IMF deal
KINGSTON, Jamaica - PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President Christopher Zacca says Jamaica will be diving deep into an economic crisis if the country continues to be without an In
Forget the politics and do what needs to be done
KINGSTON, Jamaica - MR Delano Franklyn may well be right.
Chávez-type strength key to PetroCaribe
KINGSTON, Jamaica - WITH SPECULATIONS rife over whether Venezuela would continue the PetroCaribe arrangement if Hugo Chávez is replaced as president, Jamaica's energy minister says willpower such
EDITORIAL - No more procrastination, PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - There will be temptation among skittish members of the Government, we fear, to slink behind the recent acknowledgement by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Chief Economi
UK formally requests extradition of former TCI Premier
PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC -The United Kingdom has made a request for the extradition of former Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick who is being held in a Brazilian jail fol
Haiti ex-leader Aristide questioned over corruption
Haitian ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide answered prosecutors' questions Wednesday in a landmark investigation for the country over charges he used homeless children to get donations.
