Year: 2013

  • July 15, 2013
    405

    Caricom ballistics tracking system to help cut case backlog

    The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes a new ballistic information system will help track down guns used by certain gangs and reduce the backlog of criminal cases across the region. The Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN)  would be empowered by a Charter and Participation Agreement. the Caribbean Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) said in a statement that…

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  • July 12, 2013
    816

    CARICOM youth to benefit from regional after-school programme

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from an after-school programme designed to use creative techniques to reduce at-risk behaviours, increase health-related awareness, impact educational aspirations, self-esteem and social connectedness among the youth in all CARICOM Member States.   Framed through a partnership among the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) sub-regional Office…

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  • July 12, 2013
    447

    Address by Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

    Madam Prime Minister, it is a joy to be back in Port of Spain again. We are grateful for the arrangements, and continued hospitality of your government and people.  I will also like to thank the Secretary General and his staff at the CARICOM Secretariat for their arrangements for this meeting. I return to this Heads of Government conference after…

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  • July 12, 2013
    820

    U.S. Is Pressing Latin Americans to Reject Snowden

    CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States is conducting a diplomatic full-court press to try to block Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive American intelligence contractor, from finding refuge in Latin America, where three left-leaning governments that make defying Washington a hallmark of their foreign policies have publicly vowed to take him in. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. took the unusual…

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  • July 12, 2013
    836

    WI players weak in mind games

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – On yet another occasion, the mental brittleness of West Indian cricketers, the batsmen in particular, has been demonstrated as the major weakness in the team performing consistently at a high level. After winning (even though they tried desperately to lose their first game against India) their first two games in the tri-nation series with India…

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  • July 12, 2013
    837

    Propaganda and emotions trump fact

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A recent run-in with a member of the Stanford Victims Coalition was an eye-opener for us. While we were not surprised by the absolute disdain that was being demonstrated toward Mr Stanford, we were surprised by the disgust pointed towards Antigua & Barbuda. It is clear that time has not healed any wounds in this situation.…

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  • July 12, 2013
    780

    Opposition party urges rejection of multi-million dollar license fee

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for a meeting between the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) and television broadcasters to discuss the recent decision to impose a GUY$2.5 million (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cent) license fee on the industry. In a statement, APNU said that it was also urging broadcasters to…

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  • July 12, 2013
    808

    Senior government minister deplores attacks on gays, lesbians and homosexuals

    BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – A senior government minister has written a public essay expressing grave concerns about what she perceives could be the promotion of hate crimes against gay men and women in Belize. Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development Minister Lisel Alamilla posted the short essay on her Facebook page, prefacing her missive by stating that “I do not oppose…

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  • July 12, 2013
    831

    Government clears “false and misleading” statements on Electronic Crime Bill

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is “false and inaccurate” to state that it had approved into law legislation that provides for criminal charges to be brought against anyone sending offensive messages over the internet. In a statement, the Keith Mitchell government said that it wanted to “clarify misleading comments from the Vienna based International Press…

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  • July 12, 2013
    825

    FAO to hire Vincentian to improve cooperation with OECS

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will hire a Vincentian to work with them to improve cooperation with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, made the announcement on Wednesday following a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. During a joint press conference on Wednesday, da Silva, who…

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