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CARICOM accredits first New Zealand Ambassador

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday, 20 January 2016, accredited the first Plenipotentiary Representati

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CCJ observes 10th anniversary this year

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) observes its 10th anniversary this year.

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US Marine Corps Major General Vincent Stewart (photo via Jamaica Observer)
Jamaican to head US Defence Intelligence Agency

UNITED States Marine Corps Major General Vincent R Stewart will assume duties as the 20th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and commander of the Joint Functional Component Command f

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Bahamas Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez
Bahamas Eyes Future as Stem Cell Hub

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The Bahamas has big plans for stem cell medicine.

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Minister of State for Technology, Julian Robinson
Gov’t express confidence in Tablets in Schools Programme

The Jamaican Government says it has taken note of concerns raised by the Auditor-General about the future viability of  the Tablets in Schools programme, but has vowed to proceed with ful

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Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Lenworth Fulton (right), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Jerome Thomas, look through a copy of the ‘Best
RADA Officers to be Trained in Greenhouse Production

KINGSTON, January 20, 2015- As the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) positions itself to expand the island’s agricultural productive capacity, 26 of its extension officers will be sen

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CARICOM Secretariat hosts statistics workshop in Kingstown

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana)      In its continuing quest to train personnel and boost the profile of statistics in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo via history.com)
The Bahamas pays tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, January 19, and as celebrations in honor of the legacy of the civil rights icon take place across the United States, Mrs.

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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, addressing an information and communication technology (ICT) seminar.
Paulwell Reaffirms Number Portability By May 31, 2015

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Phillip Paulwell, has reiterated Government’s commitment to implement number portability in Jamaica by May 31, next year.

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Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill (centre), listens as Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer, Barry O’Brien, makes a point to Bob Marley Group of Companies General Manager, Marie Bruce at Digicel’s regi
Marley’s contribution to Jamaica priceless – Jamaica Tourism Minister

KINGSTON, January 14, 2015 - Tourism and Entertainment Minister Dr.

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St. Kitts-Nevis Parliament dissolved, paving way for general elections

Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. Denzil Douglas on Friday announced he had advised the Governor General to dissolve Parliament with immediate effect.

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Barbados launching renewable energy education

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 08 2015, CNS - Renewable energy education is about to be launched in Barbados.

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister Hon. Winston Dookeran signs protocol as General Counsel at the CARICOM Secretariat Safiya Ali looks on
Trinidad and Tobago signs important protocol

“Trinidad and Tobago on Friday signed the Protocol to Amend Article 83 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

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Guyana’s Foreign Minister Hon. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (r) at Community Council Meeting
Community Council gets update on developments related to prorogation of Guyana’s Parliament

The Community Council received an update from the Foreign Minister of Guyana regarding developments in relation to the prorogation of the Parliament of Guyana.  Ministers recalled that the Gov

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Community Council condemns acts of terrorism in Nigeria

Recalling the statement of the COFCOR condemning acts of terrorism in Nigeria, the  Community Council of Ministers expresses strong condemnation of the continuing brutal massacre of thousands

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EDITORIAL - Get A Grip On CCJ

It is unfortunate that opponents to Jamaica's accession to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) perpetrate and perpetuate myths about the malleability of the

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Mme. Justice Rajnauth-Lee
New judge for CCJ

(Caribbean Court of Justice) The eleven-member Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission has identified the Honourable Madame Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee to be appointed Judge of the Ca

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Community Council Chairman expresses confidence in Community

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chairman of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),

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Cuba and EU agree to new talks following historic breakthrough with US

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Friday January 16, 2015, CMC – The European Union (EU) says it has agreed with Cuba to meet in early March for a third round of negotiations aimed at nor

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