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CARICOM says funding strategy needed to achieve MDGs
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has called for the adoption of a “strong funding strategy” that is vital in the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Addressing the United Nations General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, St Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to the UN, Delano F Bart, said this was an “opportune…
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Lawyers suing United Nations over cholera outbreak in Haiti
NEW YORK, CMC – Human right lawyers are seeking extensive financial damages from the United Nations following the 2010 cholera outbreak in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, Haiti, that killed more than 8,000 people. The Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), which has filed the suit in the U.S. District Court in New York's Southern District,…
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The reality—after CCJ ruling
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THE ripple effects of the landmark ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of the Jamaican Shanique Myrie vs the Barbados government, should shake the leaders of Caricom out of their Rip van Winkle-like slumber to honour their commitment to unhindered free intra-regional movement of citizens of the regional community. Caricom…
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Dominican Republic: President to Find ‘Solution’ for Haitian Migrants
President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina met yesterday with activist groups fighting against a court ruling, that strips citizenship from thousands of people born to undocumented migrant workers since 1929. The ruling from the Dominican Constitutional Court could lead to mass deportations of Haitians living in the Dominician Republic and has been criticised by the United Nations as it…
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Myrie was credible, sincere witness – CCJ
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Shanique Myrie’s sincerity in testifying about her treatment by Barbadian immigration officers impressed the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and this was pivotal in their ground-breaking awarding of non-pecuniary damages to her in Friday’s ruling. “Given the totality of the evidence and its overall consistency, the Court was impressed by the sincerity of Ms Myrie and accepts…
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The CCJ and the rights of the little people
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyanese in particular, we suspect, will be strongly appreciative of the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) concerning the Shanique Myrie case on freedom of movement in the Caricom area, pursuant to Article 207 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. For long before that date, and in consequence of the deep economic recession that had…
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Can the CCJ impose law on non-members?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – ON October 4, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handed down its ruling in the case of Ms Shanique Myrie against the Government of Barbados for being denied entry, being physically abused, and deported to Jamaica in March 2011. Ms Myrie sued the Government of Barbados and was awarded BD$77,240 and the refund of her medical expenses,…
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ICTs a way towards a successful future in agriculture
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within the agriculture industry is a tool for changing the agricultural sector in the Caribbean. Speaking at the launch of a two-day workshop entitled “Strengthening ICTs in Agricultural Value Chains – Towards increased integration in ICTs for growth and productivity”, Michael Hailu, director, Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural…
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