Bahamas PM warns crime and political agendas can hinder growth

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The prime minister of this archipelago of islands warns that crime, poor planning and the politicization of development agendas threatens the future viability of Caribbean economies. Addressing a gathering of leaders from the public and private sectors around the region...
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US resumes migration talks with Cuba

WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States says it will resume migration talks with Cuba after a long suspension. “Continuing to ensure secure migration between the US and Cuba is consistent with our interests in promoting greater freedoms and increased respect for human rights in Cuba,”...
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Mandela in critical condition

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Nelson Mandela was up to last night listed in critical condition after the South African government announced a deterioration in his health. The office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital Sunday eveni...
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Former government minister dies

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former finance minister Sir Richard Christopher Haynes has died after a prolonged battle with throat cancer. He was 77. Sir Richard, a surgeon, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday. The former opposition leader , who was once dubbed the second most power...
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Support for the fight against human trafficking

KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICA'S law-enforcement agencies should feel a sense of achievement with news of the country's removal from the United States' State Department trafficking in persons Tier 2 watch list. National Security Minister Peter Bunting shared the news with the nation during...
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First Lady of Burkina Faso to visit Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The First Lady of Burkina Faso, Chantal Compaoré is scheduled to arrive here on Monday as part of a delegation from the West African country. The purpose of the mission is to learn about Jamaica’s experience in preventing adolescent pregnancies and suppor...
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Christians protest Court challenge to buggery law

KINGSTON, Jamaica - HUNDREDS of Christians staged two mass meetings at opposite ends of the island yesterday in protest against a challenge to the buggery law scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The protest in Kingston, the capital city, was held at National Heroes Park, while in Mo...
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Caribbean becoming hotbed for film production

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Halfway through Godfather II, a tense scene unfolds in which Michael Corleone watches from the back seat of a taxi as a rebel blows himself up on a street in pre-revolutionary Cuba. By the time the scene was shot in the early 70s, Fidel Castro had already taken o...
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Jamaica triples earnings from creative industry

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Government marketing agency, Jamaica Promotions (Jampro) is aiming to attract overseas jobs for Jamaican animators within the context of the country tripling its year-on-year earnings from creative-industry projects beyond J$1.1 billion. The agency will leverage the talent, lang...
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