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Turks and Caicos recovers cash, land amid probe

KINGSTON, Jamaica - OFFICIALS in the Turks and Caicos Islands say they have recovered US$19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets alle

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Decline in food production

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The Cuban government says it has seen a dramatic and unexplained drop in the harvest of vegetables and fruit in the first three months of the year.

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‘Ban them now!’ Local entrepreneurs call for restrictions on agri imports

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ban the importation of all agricultural produce which can be cultivated locally!

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Get the facts on those e-mail claims

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE Commissioner of Police is the most appropriate authority to begin the probe into the authenticity of e-mails presented in the Parliament last Monday by Opposition Lead

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SPY BUG IN DPP’S OFFICE

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - At the height of the Section 34 controversy, a sophisticated laser spying device was discovered in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard,

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Groups welcome police probe in e-mail scandal

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Business organisations are happy to see an investigation by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)is being conducted into allegations made in Parliament about contr

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Coalition observes third anniversary, public opinion poll shows low approval rating for

PM PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The ruling coalition People’s Partnership government is observing its third anniversary in office on Friday with an opinion poll showing that the approval rating f

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PM, ministers heading overseas

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as well as several government ministers will be heading overseas in the coming days on separate engagements.

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PIOJ optimistic about economic growth in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is predicting that the island’s economy could experience as much as one per cent economic growth this fiscal year based on the impl

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Barbados must sharpen focus as a financial centre

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE OFFSHORE SECTOR has always been major part of the financial employment generating and foreign exchange earning aspects of our economy, and along with tourism, it has help

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OECS to benefit from US$20 million IDB loan

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has signed an agreement for US$20 million for a Global Loan Program with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for projects in four Organi

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IDB supports sustainable energy for rural electrification in Haiti

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it will support a US$3 million technical cooperation project to help the government of Haiti test different renewable energy solutio

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Human rights group claims prosecution of Caribbean migrants hurting families

WASHINGTON, CMC – A major international human rights group says the skyrocketing criminal prosecutions of Caribbean and other migrants for illegally entering or reentering the United States carry h

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PPM on track to form Government

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - As the counting of ballots from Wednesday’s General Election continues, the latest results have revealed that the opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) i

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US immigration bill could lead to C’bean ‘brain drain’ – Lawyer

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Immigration and criminal defence lawyer Fitzmore Harris said the Caribbean and other developing nations need to prepare for the impending “brain drain” that will result from th

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Economists respond to Dookeran on new plan for regionalism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic hardships Caribbean countries face, it is important that regional countries work together to overcome the difficulties, said Dr Dillon Alleyne, econom

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Three held in multi-million dollar cocaine bust in Caribbean Sea

MIAMI, United States (CMC) — United States federal prosecutors have indicted three foreigners in a US$27 million cocaine bust in the Caribbean Sea.

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