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CARIBBEAN-ENVIRONMENT-Regional workshop on biosafety opens in Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A three-day regional workshop on the environmental risk assessment in biosafety began here Monday as the region prepares to participate in two important international envi

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CARIBBEAN-RIGHTS-Caribbean countries yet to ratify convention allowing children to complain…

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – No Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has yet ratified an agreement that went into effect Monday, allowing children the right to complain directly to the United Nations a

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EDITORIAL: Girvan’s vision for single economy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - NOTED THINKERS, scholars and decision-makers of the Caribbean Community continue to offer moving tributes to the remarkable contributions of Dr Norman Girvan w

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Major economies express confidence about growth

WASHINGTON—Finance officials of the world’s major economies expressed confidence that they can meet an ambitious goal of boosting global growth by US$2 trillion over the next five years.

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Lunar eclipse

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - Just after 3 a.m. today, the moon turned red.

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Massive fire besieges Chile for third day; 15 dead, 500 hurt

VALPARAISO, Chile (AP) — Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smouldering wreckage of hilltop neighbourhoods around Valparaiso for a third straight day Monday as sailors in

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SURINAME-CRIME-Woman arrested for smuggling cocaine in private part

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Police Monday confirmed the arrested a 24-year-old woman after a “cocaine ball” had been found in her vagina as she was preparing to board a flight to Amsterdam.

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ST. VINCENT-CRIME-Police probe second murder within 48 hours

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Police are probing the second murder within a 48 hour period after the bullet riddled body of a 25-year-old man was found along the bank of a stream on Monday.

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More large-scale marijuana cultivation discovered in Bahamas

FREEPORT, Bahamas -- Just two weeks after a $16.8 million discovery in Grand Bahama, police in The Bahamas uncovered another cultivated marijuana field in the same area on Thursday, when officers

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New ferry for Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- An additional inter-island ferry will soon be available for passengers to travel back and forth between the sister isles of Trinidad and Tobago.

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New therapy for advanced prostate cancer available in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division of the Trinidad Tobago Ministry of Health approved the introduction of Abiraterone Acetate to the country, the first-orally admin

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ANTIGUA-HOUSING-Government unveils new housing project

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The ruling United Progressive Party (UPP) says more than 1,000 nationals will be employed at a factory that will begin constructing homes on the island.

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HAITI-MEDIA-Media and political groups critical of CONATEL directive

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Political and media groups have criticised a decision by the National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL) that it may take drastic actions against some media esta

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BARBADOS-LABOUR-No breakthrough in talks to end sugar workers strike

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Labour Minister Dr Esther Byer Suckoo is expected to continue talks here on Tuesday after talks with officials of the of the Barbados Agricultural Management Corporati

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IMF to decide on Grenada program in early May

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to meet early next month to approve Grenada’s home grown structural adjustment program.

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Former Turks and Caicos premier rejoins local politics

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) premier Michael Misick, who is currently facing a number of corruption related charges, has apparently decided to

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Secretary General of the Caribbean Community receives a gift from Executive Director of the Chilean International Cooperation Agency AGCI Jorge Daccarett after working session in Santiago on Monday.
SG praises CARICOM-Chile co-operation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque hailed CARICOM-Chile co-operat

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Smart Meters to be installed in St. Kitts homes by 2017

Residences in St. Kitts would soon be fitted with Smart Meters.

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PM Douglas outlines roadmap for post 2015 HIV/AIDS development agenda

The Caribbean’s lead spokesman on HIV/AIDS, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L.

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