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The message of the hoodie

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Late Saturday evening, many of us heard first hand when the jury declared George Zimmermnan “not guilty” of the death of Trayvon Martin.

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An unchanging US foreign policy

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - From whatever angle one views the current political crisis in Egypt, the spectre of an unchanging United States foreign policy returns an unflinching stare.

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MATT executive resigns as fallout continues over Trinidad Guardian saga

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Monday said that members of the executive had resigned as the fallout continues over conflicting reports that th

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EDITORIAL - Time for deep introspection

KINGSTON, Jamaica - That five more of our athletes - including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson - tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics.

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Government stands by athletes

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports.

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Talk show host tipped to be new political leader of main opposition party

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Radio talk show host, Lennox Linton, is being tipped to lead the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) as it prepares for the next

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Bad weather blamed for mishap involving 12-seater plane

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on M

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Eighteen to represent country at Carifesta

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government will be sending an 18-member contingent to the 2013 Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) to be held in Suriname next month.

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CPA conference to focus on threats to Caribbean democracy

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A meeting of parliamentarians from around the region in Antigua & Barbuda later this month will see real examples of threats to Caribbean democracy ventilated.

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Mission completed

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados will soon be looking for a new ambassador to China.

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New UN envoy in Haiti from Trinidad takes her post

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations' new envoy to Haiti has begun her post as the head of mission for the peacekeeping force in the Caribbean nation.

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Partnership in parlous state

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Any forecast the Chaguanas West by-election campaign outcome will show both the People’s Partnership and the spin-off Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to have been brough

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PM wants former national security minister investigated

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Monday night called for an investigation into her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner after a newspaper rep

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Government places southern Belize under quarantine

BELMOPAN, CMC - The Belize government has placed a significant section of the country under an agriculture quarantine following the detection of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly.

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CCCCC official defends region’s need for financial assistance to deal with climate change

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Deputy Director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr.

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Major private-sector bodies form CARICOM working group

KINGSTON, Jamaica - On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based

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Clash over CARICOM - Let’s fix it!

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation.

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Mandela could soon be discharged, Mbeki says

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said a former president of South Africa.

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