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Trayvon Martin’s Legacy

It may not be possible to consider the case of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted Saturday of all charges in the killing of Trayvon Martin, as anything but a sad commentary on the state of race

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Is the USA on the brink again?

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The decision of the jury in the George Zimmerman case has inflamed race relations in the United States of America once again.

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Grenadian-born legislator slams not guilty verdict in death of black teenager

NEW YORK, CMC - A Grenadian-born American legislator has joined a chorus of condemnation of a not guilty verdict by a Florida jury in the murder of an unarmed black teenager by a white neighbourh

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Editor in Chief says she will not betray principle to promote press freedom

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The editor in chief at the Trinidad Guardian, Judy Raymond, Monday defended her decision to remain at the newspaper amidst conflicting reports that the impasse invo

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Opposition party warns against rush to judgement

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Monday cautioned against a rush to judgment in the wake of reports that some of the country's athletes have tested positive

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Five Jamaicans test positive for banned substance

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Two Olympic medalists are among five Jamaicans who have reportedly returned adverse analytical findings for banned performance enhancing drugs at the National Championshi

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Troubling days in the history of modern track and field

KINGSTON, Jamaica - EVEN as Jamaicans received word of the country's best-ever performance at the World Youth Athletics Championships, comes the staggering news that several Jamaican athletes, in

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Opposition MP concerned about rule of law in St. Vincent

NEW YORK, CMC – In the wake of the re-arrest of an opposition senator in St.

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State-owned bank launches billion dollar IPO

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state-owned bank, First Citizens Bank (FCB) will launch its initial public offering (IPO) of more than 48 million ordinary shares on Monday in a move the bank s

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CARICOM ballistics tracking system to help cut case backlog

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes a new ballistic information system will help track down guns used by certain gangs and reduce the backlog of criminal cases across the region.

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PR experts say LIAT missed big opportunity

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Two public relations experts have chided LIAT for its mishandling of a humorous complaint letter, which sparked huge global attention.

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LIAT pilots call off action

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Major disruption to a number of LIAT flights scheduled to depart Antigua today has been averted.

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Caricom
Don’t delay

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE VALUE OF BARBADOS’ currency could be taking a plunge soon unless Government moves speedily to slash the deficit between its revenue and expenditure.

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World Bank helps Haitian adolescents in skills training

WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Banks says it has aided young, vulnerable women in Haiti in successfully learning new skills in joining the labor force.

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Region to benefit from new UN framework for HIV-AIDS anti-retroviral treatment

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations says the Caribbean will be among several countries to benefit from a new framework that seeks to give 15 million people with HIV/AIDS access to anti-retro

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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/In-Caribbean—push-to-create-no-take-reserves#ixzz2Z7X9hhJl

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Pan–Afrikan Reparations Coalition of Europe (PARCOE) has voiced concern about the approach being taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in establishing National R

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CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque pose with Singapore's Foreign Minister K Shanmugam (front row centre) on Monday at the beginning of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visi
Singapore launches enhanced technical assistance package for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has stated that “a lot of the economic fallout that too

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In Caribbean, push to create no-take reserves

BLUEFIELDS BAY, Jamaica - YOUNG fish leap in the wake of a warden’s patrol boat as it motors through waters off Jamaica’s southwest coast that are a brilliant palette of blues.

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Learn from the misfortune of others

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME of the comments made following the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal were disturbing, to say the least.

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