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Increased trade in the Region a consequence of integration
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Intra-regional trade in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the integration movement and with the share of intra-regional to total trade increasing, on average, in the face of exogenous factors. Despite a dip in 2009, the increase in trade in 2011 was approximately thirty times…
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International media group urges Caribbean countries to repeal archaic criminal defamation laws
VIENNA, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) Monday appealed to Caribbean governments to follow through on commitments to repel archaic criminal defamation laws int heir respective countries. Representatives from the IPI and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), the region’s umbrella media organisation, visited five Caribbean countries in April. The three week visit to Antigua and Barbuda,…
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Carbon travel tax – who benefits?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two United Nations specialist agencies, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), may this year separately agree a basis on which all carriers by sea and air will limit their carbon emissions. Aviation is reported to be contributing around two per cent of global carbon emissions, and maritime transport more than three…
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D-Day is here
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Today is decision day for the people of Chaguanas West. The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is expecting 27,045 voters to visit the 14 polling stations today for the Chaguanas West by-election. While the single seat is being contested by five groups, several political pundits say the battle is a one-on-one between the United National…
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Telecom company denies massive layoff plans
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) has dismissed suggestions by the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) that it is planning “massive” layoffs. “There is absolutely no truth to the contention that BTC is planning mass layoffs. None. Zero. I have spoken at BTC team meetings around the country just a few short months ago to…
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Government clamping down on people using the Internet to molest children
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon table legislation to protect children from people who use the Internet to molest them. “We are going to put in some laws, because there are older people who prey on children online. We are going to make it a criminal offence, and we are going to put you in…
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Minister tells exporters to explore food market
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The food and beverage sector can be used to diversify T&T’s economy, according to Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Vasant Bharath. In an interview, the minister said local manufacturers are either already exporting their products or are ready to export and the sector globally is a lucrative one which manufacturers should capitalise on. “It’s a…
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Government to make changes to smoking ban
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson is expected to outline changes to the no-smoking regulations when Parliament meets on Tuesday following an executive council meeting of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) where government senator KD Knight was booed for his position on the smoking ban. PNP general secretary, Peter Bunting, told reporters at the end of…
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