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ST. LUCIA-POLITICS-Minority opposition party supports ALBA in principle
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The small opposition Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) Wednesday said that it supports the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in principle but, cautions the St.
JAMAICA-MEDIA-IPI said TVJ chairman engaged in censorship
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said that the chairman of the board of Television Jamaica Ltd.
CAYMAN ISLANDS-POLITICS-Husband of defeated candidate appeals court ruling
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Court of Appeal is being asked to overturn a ruling by Chief Justice Anthony Smellie that Education and Employment Minister Tara Rivers can keep her West Bay
BERMUDA-TOURISM-Staff layoffs as Department of Tourism set to close
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The government-run Department of Tourism, which employs around 40 workers here and in New York, is to be abolished on October 1 as the new independent Tourism Authority get
Barbados requests FB information on three citizens
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados has made a request of the social networking website, Facebook, for information on the use the social media site by three of its citizens.
BAHAMAS-MIGRATION-Government mum on allegations of abuse at detention centre
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it will make no comment regarding allegations of abuse at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre until the official investigation is completed.
CARIBBEAN-FASHION-Regional fashion designers urged to apply for funding to participate in Dominicana
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is urging regional fashion designers to participate in the Dominicana Moda to be held in the
Committed to Haiti
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Wednesday said it remained committed called to working with the international community in the development of Haiti, still recovering from
Remarks by Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary General Foreign and Community Relations…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here with all of you at the Closing Ceremony of the Eleventh
The Caribbean Diaspora
At the last Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community matters relating to migration came up for discussion during Retreat.
CARIFORUM DG to Visit Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Mr Percival
CARICOM’s e-agriculture strategies
The Caribbean Community is transforming its agricultural sector into a competitive and sustainable system of agricultural production and services in which ICTs will play a vital role.
Fantastic CARIFESTA XI blazing trails
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fantastic was the word used by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
Innovation is alive and well at CARIFESTA XI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Two of the most innovative aspects of CARIFESTA were declared open on Monday in Paramaribo, Suriname with
Great Show as CARIFESTA XI opens in Suriname
Three Hundred and forty (340) Surinamese youth and ten (10) Chinese Shaolin Monks stole the show at the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA XI in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday night.
Address delivered by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the…
A special and unique celebration of Caribbean culture begins here and now with the Opening Ceremony of this Eleventh commemoration of CARIFESTA.
Zero tolerance on doping
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The forced departure of athletes Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Semoy Hackett from the Trinidad and Tobago team camp at the 2013 World Championships in Mosc