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NATIONAL CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2013

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In recognition of the benefits derived from the Single Domestic Space (SDS) during the International Cricket Conference Cricket World Cup

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HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Bermuda has begun counting the cost after Royal Caribbean, which owns the fire-damaged liner Grandeur of the Seas, confirmed the ship will miss its next six sailings.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The man leading the probe into “emailgate” said yesterday there was no prejudice in the investigation and he will not let politics tarnish his work.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Thursday reiterated its call for a foreign investigator to help determine the authenticity of a series of electro

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados will establish a revenue authority this year because of a number of issues including inconsistencies in revenue collection, particularly at the Customs.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - GRACEKENNEDY has its sights set on entering the Haitian market, as the Jamaica-based conglomerate continues on its mission to grow its international footprint.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least 31 people were injured when a fire, believed to have been started through a combustible combination of Clorox and fertilizer, destroyed a government building i

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has announced a series of fiscal measures it hopes will turn around an economy that recorded slight growth last year but below the nearly three per cen

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THIS island’s top cop has revealed steps are being taken – not only on the local front, but regionally – to arrest the problem of gun crimes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Describing for a friend my impressions of the Guyanese economy after a brief visit, I simply exclaimed: the economy is bubbling.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean fisheries ministers are meeting in Barbados on Friday to discuss the work of the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – US Vice President Joe Biden assured that the 10-year old online gaming dispute between Antigua & Barbuda and the United States is on the desk of President Barack Obama.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana is reportedly examining a proposal to set up a PetroCaribe Economic Zone (PEZ), made by Venezuela at the PetroCaribe summit held earlier this month in Caracas and attend

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Third Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Annual Retreat of Caribbean Civil Society Consultative Groups (ConSoC) is ending here on Friday with Barbados urging the