Recompense integral to growth - Antigua PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, believes a call for reparations is an integral element of the community's development strategy. Spencer noted during discussions by CARICOM heads of government last week that the legacy of slavery and colonialism in the ...
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A bigger CARICOM?

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A report coming out of the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad & Tobago has indicated that regional leaders will be looking to expand the bloc to embrace more territories in the area. The impetus behind this suggestion is to seek ways to stre...
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Overcoming DR’s CARICOM hurdle

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME CRITICS of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) may wonder why it is that the Dominican Republic’s repeated request to access membership of our regional economic integration movement is yet to get a positive response. A quick, short answer could perhap be in one word ...
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-COMMUNIQUE

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The following is the full text of the communiqué issued Monday after the 34th summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that ended in Trinidad on Saturday, July 6, 2013. “The Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of...
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T&T to develop mango industry

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Although there were challenges in developing the mango industry and by extension food production, T&T has the potential to develop it into a viable industry said Dr Mario Fortune, chief technical officer, Ministry of Food Production. “The mango industry,...
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T&T makes strides against money laundering, terrorism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Trinidad and Tobago has obtained further endorsement and recognition for its fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by its entry on July 3 into the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), a release from Finance and the Economy M...
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Haiti hopes $160m for high-end tourism pays off

MONTROUIS, Haiti—The only leisure tourist among the UN peacekeepers, aid workers, embassy personnel and missionaries on this beach north of the Haitian capital must have been Anne Fournier. She didn’t live or work in Haiti or pretend to help. Fournier was here for fun, travelling to Hai...
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Energy diversification will reduce bill

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Rainford Angella Rainford, managing director of UK-based Rekamniar Frontier Ventures, is confident that Jamaica's move to diversify the energy sector will result in an almost immediate reduction in the country's oil bill. Jamaica's oil imports amounted...
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Bajan PM: LIAT a major concern

(Barbados Nation) PORT OF SPAIN – Barbados is so concerned about the future viability of regional carrier LIAT that it sought legal advice on whether its heavily subsidized competitor Caribbean Airlines (CAL) was following CARICOM rules. Speaking to the media at the start of the final day of ...
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Barbados under weather watch

(Barbados Nation) A weather advisory has been issued for Barbados. A strong tropical wave located about 1050 miles east-southeast of the windward islands is moving west-northwestward at around 25mph. Satellite imagery indicates that shower and thunderstorm activity has increased in organization sin...
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