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Prime Minister goes on short holiday
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller left here Tuesday “for a short vacation,” according to an official statement. It gave no details except to say that “she will return to the island on Saturday, June 15” The brief statement said that Transport, Works and Housing Minister Dr. Omar Davies will be in charge of the government during…
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World Bank lauds St. Lucia as “success story”
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank has lauded St. Lucia as a “success story” within the Caribbean for its efforts in managing the risk of rainfall-triggered landslides. The Washington-based financial institution said it has helped the St. Lucia government with “crucial information” about the causes of landslides, as well as an insight into the most at-risk areas. Addressing the effects…
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Grenada hold talks with IMF
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it has held talks with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “on the parameters for a possible new Fund programme”. An official statement said that the IMF team was led by Ms. Aliona Cebotari and that the discussions focused on “the current economic situation in Grenada, the envisaged reform…
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CARICOM points to other issues affecting socio-economic development
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations General Assembly met on Monday to consider progress in the global struggle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries indicating that other “pressing” health challenges are threatening the region’s socio-economic development. Speaking on behalf of CARICOM, the Bahamas’ UN envoy, Eugene Glenwood Newry, identified these challenges as “persistent and significant…
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UN warns 1.5 million Haitians face severe hunger
GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC -A United Nations food relief agency says it remains “extremely concerned” by the plight of 1.5 million people in Haiti who need food assistance following extreme weather conditions and poor harvests. In addition to the 1.5 million people facing food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP) said a further 6.7 million people in the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean…
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Law expert gives opinion on holding referendum to join CCJ
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A Caribbean law expert is cautioning against putting matters related to the future of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the hands of the public through a referendum. Professor Rosemary Antoine, who specialises in labour and off shore law at the University of the West Indies (UWI), says such an approach could pose…
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Caribbean, Chinese talk business in New York
KINGSTON, Jamaica – As Caribbean governments seek new investors, the Chinese are urging them to capitalise on a business development and investment promotion trip to China coming up this fall. The offer, which was made at the Avalon Invest Caribbean Now Forum last Wednesday in New York comes days after China's president, Xi Jinping offered concessionary loans to nine Caribbean…
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China’s new diplomatic footprints
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – CHINA’S PRESIDENT Xi Jinping last week embarked on a four-nation tour of the Caribbean and Americas involving Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States of America. The trip had more than symbolic significance. Trinidad and Tobago, with its vast oil and gas resources, is an important cooperation partner of China in the Anglophone Caribbean,…
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