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Women prime ministers urge an end to violence against women
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean only two women heads of government Friday pledged to end violence and discrimination against women in their respective countries as they joined the gl
” A PROMISE IS A PROMISE - TIME FOR ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,” STATEMENT BY THE…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On this occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Observance of United Nations (UN) International Women’s Day, I again salute the wom
Cabinet minister’s son jailed in United States
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The 25-year-old son of a Bermuda cabinet minister has been jailed for 18 years in Florida for a string of violent offences.
Jamaica debt exchange affects Sagicor
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The fallout from Jamaica’s recently approved debt exchange arrangement has hit at least one of Barbados’ biggest financial institutions.
Jamaica’s cancer programme under review
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived here to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of Jamaica’s cancer control capacity in the areas
Opposition leader files lawsuit against Prime Minister
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace says his lawyers have written to Prime Minister Dr.
Government to appeal court ruling regarding senators
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says it will appeal a ruling by the High Court regarding the appointment of an attorney general for St.
PM insists budget presentation ahead of motion of no confidence in his administration
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.
‘A huge sacrifice’ - PM lauds public sector for showing concern for national interest
KINGSTON, Jamaica- THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) could be called upon by the Government to assist in ensuring the success of the economic programme Jamaica is pursuing with the International M
Enough talk, say farmers
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LOCAL FARMERS ARE tired of hearing the same thing over and over on praedial larceny.
Guyanese stock market continues to grow
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As at December 2011, the market capitalisation of shares on the Guyana Stock market (GASCI) was G$89.48 billion.
CaribNET launches to better connect the Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A broadband fibre optic network called C@ribNET has been launched to connect tertiary institutions, schools, hospitals and other educational establishments to knowledge
Crowdfunding Clean Energy
If you wanted to get large numbers of people actively engaged in helping to solve global warming, how might you go about it?
Questions revived about exactly who should lead Venezuela until next election
CARACAS -- President Hugo Chávez won an additional six-year term in October but was never sworn in.
A champion, a militant and a legend
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - This week much of our region is grieving. Flags across the Caribbean and Latin America are being flown at half-mast.
Three days of mourning for Chavez
St. John’s Antigua- The country is to observe three days of mourning for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died after a two-year battle with cancer on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Gonsalves says Chavez’s death has left ‘a void’
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.
Adios, Chavez
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Like others in this hemisphere and around the world, people in Trinidad and Tobago were naturally drawn to the larger-than-life figure of drama and colour projected by t
Bharath: Chavez death will not impact trade with T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death on Tuesday is unlikely to have any impact on trade between that country and Trinidad and Tobago, Trade Minister Vasant Bharath s
Chávez’s death brings hope, uncertainty to oil patch
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Venezuela's oil production is poised to reverse a dramatic decline that has seen exports fall by nearly half during Hugo Chávez's time as president.
