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Ruling party confident ahead of next general election

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The ruling St.

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Close race to form government in Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Voters in this Caribbean island-nation go to the polls Wednesday to vote for a new government in a general election in which there are no clear-cut favourites.

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Local companies should follow Jamaica Broilers into Haiti

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Haiti is, more often than not, dismissed as a viable market for exports from Jamaica and is usually not thought of as a possible opportunity for Jamaican companies to establish

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Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent scientist.

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Declare war on T&T, Barbados

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Having read Ronald Mason's blast against CARICOM, and the insipid reply by Hilbourne Watson, I must intervene. The whole thinking about CARICOM has gone off track.

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Strengthening the ties that bind; Jamaica, CARICOM and the links with South Africa

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A lightly edited address by former Prime Minister P J Patterson at the Institute for Global Dialogue in Pretoria, South Africa on April 26, 2013.

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Kick CARICOM to the kerb

(Part 2) KINGSTON, Jamaica - It would be foolhardy at the commencement of any trial for attorneys to believe they will be persuasive with only an opening statement.

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Kick CARICOM to the kerb

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There comes a time when the only thing to do is make clear, definitive, unambiguous statements about things of importance. Here goes. I am a Jamaican, I am NOT a Caribbean man.

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Not a Caribbean man?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - TENSION is developing toward the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) from some quarters in Jamaica.

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Private sector needs representation at regional level

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade A.J.

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The CCJ And The Death Penalty

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Last week in the Senate an interesting exchange took place between Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and some PNM senators during the period set aside for questions to minis

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On foreign front, T&T hands full, or filling up

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The visit later this month of US Vice President Joe Biden, and the attendant holding here of the equivalent of a Caribbean summit, call attention to this country’s standin

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Changing European policy

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Spend time in Brussels, or in any other European capital that has a close relationship with the Caribbean, and it soon becomes apparent how fast thinking about policy is changin

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Growing shift in global clout

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME very interesting comments made the rounds last week when the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Barbados released the latest report on the Human Development

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Caribbean will dominate global saving and investment says World Bank

WASHINGTON, CMC – A new World Bank report predicts that in less than a generation, the Caribbean will be among developing countries dominating global saving and investment.

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PANCAP HOLDS THIRD CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR PLH

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately fifty persons living with HIV (PLH) from 16 Caribbean countries will be trained at a capacity-building workshop hosted by

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Statisticians zone in on distinction between travel, tourism

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Travel is not equivalent to Tourism.

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Statisticians zone in on distribution between travel, tourism

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Travel is not equivalent to Tourism.

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Contractor apologises for destruction of Maya archaeological site

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - The man at the center of the destruction of a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize, Denny Grijalva, has expressed regret at the razing of the Noh Mul monument and has

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US television and film star partners with CTO for Caribbean Week in New York

NEW YORK, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says a leading United States television and film star has partnered as the celebrity spokesperson for its 40th celebration of

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