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What Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti?
After a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, governments and foundations from around the world pledged more than $9 billion to help get the country back on its feet.
Govt to spend US$3b on maritime projects
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Government is embarking on two major maritime projects as a cost of US$3 billion.
America must not ‘dictate’ to world, new defense chief says
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel was sworn in as U.S. defense secretary yesterday after a bruising Senate confirmation battle, promising to renew old U.S.
Following Agriculture Ministry’s coconut conference…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - AGRICULTURE Minister Dr.
Howai: CAL planes safe
(Trinidad Express) Though lacking a GPS system, the 767 aircraft used by Caribbean Airlines to fly to London/Gatwick are suitable because they fulfilled the requirement of having a flight route w
Latin American assassins
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A pastor with the Seventh Day Adventist Church is claiming that Latin American assassins are operating in Trinidad and Tobago and called for an all out war on crime
Agriculture sector, centre could help reduce food import bill
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - “IF you are importing $800 million in food, there must be opportunities to produce food; but if you want to eat New Zealand lamb, Idaho potatoes and Texas beef, t
More agriculture and employment opportunities needed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There needs to be a diversification of the tourism industry, greater job opportunities in the food and beverage sector, a development of our natural resources and
BARBADOS-HEALTH-Barbados has not imported any beef products tainted with horsemeat.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities Wednesday said that no meat product containing horsemeat had been imported into the country in light of the controversy currently sweeping
ST. VINCENT-MEDIA-PM says he has no intention of closing down radio station
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.
TRINDAD-POLITICS-Pressure mounts on Prime Minister to dismiss National Security Minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday to dismiss her National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner over the existence of “an illegal
ST.VINCENT-POLITICS - BBC chair to ensure PM’s complaint is ‘properly pursued’
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - The chair of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Trust says he will ensure that a complaint made by Prime Minister Dr.
ST.LUCIA-POLITICS-Opposition leader calls for removal of UN Ambassador
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Feb.
GUYANA-LABOUR-Workers on strike demand higher salaries
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Wednesday warned that its members employed at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) wo
TURKS&CAICOS ISLANDS-ECONOMY-Britain agrees no VAT for TCI
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and CAICOS Islands, CMC - Britain says it will not impose a Value Added Tax (VAT) in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) after both the government and the opposition said the
ST. KITTS-ECONOMY-Government pleased with economic strategies to date
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minster Dr. Denzil Douglas says St.
Researchers marvel at world’s deepest sea vents - Scientists looking at new life forms below the sea
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbea
The politics for CARICOM securing 0AS second spot
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - THE ORGANISASTION of American States (OAS) is scheduled to hold its 43rd General Assembly in June when elections will take place for the posts of Secretary General
CCJ head defends integrity of court
(Jamaica Gleaner) The President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has responded to concerns that the court is susceptible to political interference because of the small space in which it op
University faces grave debt problem
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - THE Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies is asking government to sit down with them and develop a strategy for its growing debt
