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Deficit of meritocracy in the Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A meritocracy exists where selection and promotion of people is based on merit, more specifically, their qualifications and performance.
US-Antigua trade dispute exposes global inequity
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - AT their recent inter-sessional summit in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Caribbean leaders called on the United States to comply with the ruling by the World Trade
Audit finds US loan program in Haiti fill with flaws
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - An audit of a U.S.
UN’s tragic stand against Haitian cholera victims
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE RECENT DECISION by the United Nations to invoke “legal immunity” in support of its rejection of compensation claims by thousands of Haitian cholera victims poses an imm
CCJ begins hearing evidence in historic sitting in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The lead attorney for the Barbados government, Queen Counsel Roger Forde, will continue his cross examination of Jamaican Shanique Myrie on Tuesday as the Trinidad-based
Region-wide nursing exams to start in October
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 41st joint meeting of the Executive and Education Committees and 10th Practice Committee of the Regional Nursing Body
CARICOM Energy Ministers hail Energy Policy approval as significant achievement
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Energy of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday afternoon chara
Media fraternity mourns passing of veteran journalist
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Caribbean media fraternity is mourning the passing of veteran Caribbean journalist, Ainsley Sahai, who died on Saturday from an apparent heart attack.
Tillman to remain as party leader for now
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - It appears that Tillman Thomas will remain leader of Grenada’s National Democratic Congress (NDC)—at least until a general membership meeting of the party.
PM Gonsalves’ ‘confrontation’ with two BBC journalists
KINGSTON, Jamaica - THOSE of us in the Caribbean journalism profession who have long come to appreciate the excellent, almost reverential, ethical standards established by the British Broadcastin
Children experimenting with drink and drugs
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - A new survey has found that children as young as seven have experimented with drugs and alcohol in Bermuda.
ACM against participation in meeting to discussion human rights
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) has written Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary-General, Irwin La Rocque, in an attempt to discourage Caribbean
Antigua workers protest decision to hire Trinidadian
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Workers employed at the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) stayed away from their jobs on Friday protesting the decision of the utility company to hire a 65 year-old Tr
St. Lucia public servants demonstrate for higher wages
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Public servants took to the streets in Castries on Friday in support of demands for higher wages that the government of Prime Minister Dr.
Regional workshop to strengthen business support organisations
SANTO DOMINGO—More than 25 business support organisations (BSOs) across the region participated in a regional workshop aimed at equipping them to support their respective private sectors.
Council approves bill to prevent deportation of Caribbean immigrants
NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — The Council of the City of New York has passed a bill that will prohibit the New York Police Department (NYPD) from turning over Caribbean and other immigrants charged with
New meaning of sovereignty
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Bank of Jamaica posted on its website February 15 an IMF press release with the caption, 'IMF and Jamaica authorities reach staff-level agreement on key elements of the EF
Turks & Caicos Premier to showcase investment opportunities
NEW YORK—Recently-elected Turks & Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing, will showcase investment opportunities in the territory, at the third annual Invest Caribbean Now Forum, presented by luxury r
EDITORIAL: Paving way forward
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Elections are over, the Cabinet has been sworn into office, as have been the senators recommended by the Prime Minister, and Parliament sits for the first time during the c
