Year: 2013
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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 evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical…
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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 his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament last Wednesday. According to Minister Bunting, the Trafficking in…
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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 supporting adolescent mothers. Compaoré will be accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Women Promotion…
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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 Montego Bay, on the island’s north coast, the demonstrators gathered…
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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 over the island; filming in Havana was…
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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, language, and geographic proximity to main markets, in a bid to earn foreign exchange. However, award-winning local animator, Kevin Jackson,…
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Police issue warnings as opposition leader plans one-man protest
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis police have denied permission to the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) to stage a protest march in Wednesday and warned persons they would be prosecuted if they participate in any illegal march. PAM has already described the decision of the police “as a deliberate effort to frustrate the wishes of the…
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PM denies lack of consultation ahead of budget
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has dismissed suggestions that his administration has not engaged in public consultations ahead of the presentation of the 2013-14 national budget. General Secretary of the Dominica Public service Union (DPSU), Thomas Letang, spoke of the lack of consultation with the union but Skerrit, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, said that consultations…
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