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Caricom
Mission accomplished, says departing TCI governor

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — On balance, there have been good and bad hours, but more good hours than bad, says departing governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Ric Todd, i

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Caricom
T&T vessel shot at here after Captain refuses drug transport –report

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard

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Caricom
Egypt’s military and the country’s ‘second revolution’

GEORGETOWM, Guyana, Stabroek News - The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s

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Caricom
Bid for Indian awards Barbados is seeking to host the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - A mission, headed by Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley, comprising officials from the private and public sector will leave today for Macau, a special adminis

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Caricom
EDITORIAL: Questions on security and regional crime

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - Of all the pressing matters to be addressed by CARIC0M Heads of Government at their Port-of-Spain Summit later this week, crime and security will undoubtedly c

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Caricom
National policy on safety, health coming

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Government is in the process of developing a national policy on safety and health, with accompanying sector-specific safety guidelines.

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Caricom
GUADELOUPE-CRIME-Police investigating mass killings in Guadeloupe

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, CMC – Police in this French-speaking Caribbean island are investigating a case in which a prominent rifle club champion went on a shooting spree over the weekend, killing

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Caricom
GRENADA-FINANCE-Grenada meeting its financial commitment to creditors

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is meeting its obligation to creditors because of a new strategy through which it has categorised the debt owed.

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Caricom
BAHAMAS-AVIATION-Government takes over full operations of Grand Bahama International Airport

FREEPORT, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government Monday took over full control of the operations of the privately owned Airport Control Tower at Grand Bahama International Airport.

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Caricom
CARIBBEAN-HEALTH-WHO issues new HIV guidelines calling for earlier treatment

GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC- The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines urging that people infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS to receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) ear

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Caricom
CARIBBEAN-LABOUR- Regional labour ministers meet in the midst of employment concerns

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean labour ministers meet here on Tuesday in the midst of regional concern that tentative economic growth is not being accompanied by increasing employment op

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Caricom
TRINIDAD-POPULATION- Human bones found under Parliament building date back to 430 AD

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament says the human bones unearthed under the “Red House” building during initial excavation work undertaken as part of the restoratio

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Caricom
T&T in transport ‘hotspot’ at Caricom summit this week

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - T&T’s stalled southern Caribbean fast ferry proposal and the regional controversy over T&T’s fuel subsidy for Caribbean Airlines are to be discussed at

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Caricom
Dominica, St Lucia to make CCJ their final appeal court

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian, Secretary General of Caricom, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has announced that Dominica and St Lucia are expected to join other countries in making the

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Caricom
Caribbean voices

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Representatives of several Caribbean countries will meet here on Tuesday as they seek to ensure that the concerns of the region are articulated at the 2014 Conference of

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Caricom
CMC Feature-CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-40 years later, regional leaders gather at the birthplace of CARICOM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Irwin la Rocque is very passionate about the regional integration movement, CARICOM.

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Caricom
Good report for the Caribbean

GENEVA, CMC - Latin America and Caribbean region has met a number of targets for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including halving the extreme poverty rate, according to a Unit

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Caricom
CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING OPENS WEDNESDAY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon.

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