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TRINIDAD-ADVISORY-TT government says it is committed to safety of visitors

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it remains committed to the safety of all visitors to the country as it responded to a travel advisory issued by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO in a travel advisory warned British nationals visiting the twin island republic to be wary of “a high level of gang related violent crime in Trinidad, particularly in the inner city neighbourhoods east of Port of Spain’s city centre, Laventille, Morvant and Barataria”.

ST. LUCIA-POLITICS-Minority opposition party supports ALBA in principle

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The small opposition Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) Wednesday said that it supports the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in principle but, cautions the St. Lucia government about a long-term dependence on the organization. “While the government of St Lucia should have engaged in greater consultation with the people of St Lucia before joining ALBA, the LPM is behind it in principle”, said LPM leader, Therold Prudent. Prudent stressed the need for a broader approach to international diplomacy, stating, “the world is a much different place today.

JAMAICA-MEDIA-IPI said TVJ chairman engaged in censorship

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said that the chairman of the board of Television Jamaica Ltd. (TVJ) Milton Samuda, had engaged in censorship when he restricted the questions to be asked of two Olympians last month. In a letter to the Chairman of the RJR Communications Group, Lester Spaulding, IPI executive director, Alison Bethel McKenzie said she was expressing her “profound concern regarding allegations of an egregious attack on press freedom perpetrated by...Samuda.

GRENADA-TRADE-Grenada seeking to protect nutmeg and other brands

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it intends to use the system of geographical indications together with other intellectual property tools to protect its nutmeg and other spices as it brands the commodities. Tourism Minister Alexandria Otway Noel addressing a Sub regional training workshop on Geographical Indications and Branding, said while the concept is not new, countries in the Caribbean are slow to recognise its benefits. “It seems as if the rest of the world has been slow to the use of this concept to its advantage and the Caribbean is not an exception.

Barbados requests FB information on three citizens

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados has made a request of the social networking website, Facebook, for information on the use the social media site by three of its citizens. Barbados is the only Caribbean Community country to have made such a request, so far. Facebook has, for the first time, published data on how often governments around the world request data on its users, and according to the social network, Barbados made three requests on three individual users in the last six months.

BAHAMAS-MIGRATION-Government mum on allegations of abuse at detention centre

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it will make no comment regarding allegations of abuse at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre until the official investigation is completed. But Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has criticised the main opposition Free National Movement (FMN) over comments that Cuban detainees at the facility had been beaten during an escape bid in May. Opposition Leader Dr. Hubbert Minnis told reporters that his party had evidence that at least five Cuban detainees were beaten in May during a failed escape attempt.

CARIBBEAN-FASHION-Regional fashion designers urged to apply for funding to participate in Dominicana

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is urging regional fashion designers to participate in the Dominicana Moda to be held in the Dominica Republic in October. Caribbean Export said under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), it would be collaborating with the organisers of the October 21-16 Dominicana Moda 2013 (DM2013) in supporting fashion designers to show off their collection during the Dominican Republic official Fashion Week.

CARIBBEAN-AVIATION-LIAT plane lands safely after experiencing pressurization problem

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The troubled regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday denied media reports that smoke was seen coming from one of its aircraft that had developed a pressurization problem while on a flight from Dominica to Barbados on Tuesday night. LIAT, which earlier this week confirmed that one of its aircraft had experienced a “main wheel failure during takeoff,” said that the Tuesday flight with 18 passengers on board landed safely at the Grantley Adams International Airport.

Committed to Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Wednesday said it remained committed called to working with the international community in the development of Haiti, still recovering from a 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 300,000 people and left more than a million others homeless.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Rodney Charles, told the United Nations Security Council debate on Haiti that the 15-member regional grouping was appreciative of the work done so far in the re-development of the French-speaking CARICOM country.

Remarks by Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary General Foreign and Community Relations, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat   at the closing ceremony CARIFESTA X1 25 August 2013, Paramaribo, Suriname

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here with all of you at the Closing Ceremony of the Eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and to deliver these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, H.E Mr. Irwin LaRocque.  This has been a very vibrant and exciting ten days of sharing and showcasing the many dimensions of our rich Caribbean culture, and that of our many visiting contingents of artists from UNASUR and other friends from outside our region.

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