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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.

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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

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Audit finds US loan program in Haiti fill with flaws

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - An audit of a U.S.

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Caricom
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

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Caricom
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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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Caricom
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.

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Caricom
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

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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

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Caricom
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.

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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.

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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

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Caricom
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

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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

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Caricom
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

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