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UNITED STATES-DRUGS- US Coast Guard sends cocaine smugglers to Guantanamo Bay
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says crew members from the Cutter Northland and Coast Guard Station Miami Beach have offloaded over 1,000 pounds of cocaine and transferred the alleged smugglers to US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On Saturday, the Coast Guard reported that the estimated street value of the drugs was US$19…
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ST. VINCENT-HEALTH- Decrease in HIV/AIDS cases attributed to prevention programme
WASHINGTON, CMC – Since the implementation of a comprehensive prevention programme, by the World Bank in 2004, health officials in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have reported a decrease in the number HIV/AIDS cases. The World Bank, in a recent report, said that between 2004 and 2010, the annual number of new HIV-positive cases in St. Vincent and the Grenadines…
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JAMAICA-ENERGY-Cuba to provide expertise in local manufacture of solar panels
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica will partner with Cuba to facilitate the local manufacture and assembly of cost effective solar light panels. This undertaking forms part of the administration’s move towards incorporating renewable alternatives into the local energy mix in order to reduce the country’s huge energy bill. Energy Minister, Phillip Paulwell, who made the disclosure during the ceremonial switching on…
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Prepare for external shocks
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has urged the Portia Simpson Miller led administration to devise a plan for shocks that could jeoparise the deal currently in place with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). During Friday’s sitting of the Upper House, Opposition Senator, Dr. Christopher Tufton moved a motion stating that the government needs to examine…
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BAHAMAS-POLITICS-Top US official head to the Bahamas to strengthen cooperation on counter-piracy
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of State says Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Tom Kelly, will travel to the Bahamas this week to “strengthen cooperation on counter-piracy.” Kelly’s three-day trip, which begins on Monday, involves consultations with senior Bahamian officials on “a wide range of political-military issues and to launch a series of information sharing…
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CARICOM: Realities and hope after Port-of-Spain Summit
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chroncile – WITH the conclusion last evening of the 34th annual Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad and Tobago, we can expect to officially learn today of new initiatives, if any, taken during the three days of meetings and activities focused on the future of CARICOM now in its 40th year of existence. Following Wednesday’s ceremonial opening, the…
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Recommitting to the CARICOM ideal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – The effort that was invested in producing elaborate theatre to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas on Thursday might suggest the seriousness that the region’s leaders have invested in the idea of regional unity. Cynics, however, might hope for more tangible proof of such efforts. It’s been 40 years…
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Guyana secures critical CDF funding to help bolster agricultural sector
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and CEO of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough yesterday signed a country assistance programme agreement that will see some US$7.32M being ploughed into Guyana’s agriculture sector. The deal was inked in the presence of President Donald Ramotar on the fringes of the just-concluded annual Heads of Government meet…
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CARICOM needs fresh air
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – It is 40 years since the founding fathers, the enigmatic Eric Eustace Williams, the autocratic Lincoln Forbes Burnham, the congenial “Skipper” Errol Walton Barrow, and the charismatic Michael Norman Manley signed the Caribbean community and Common Market (Caricom) Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973. The compelling legacy of these legends continues to dominate…
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