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Regional transport ministers to discuss transport woes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministers of transport will meet in St. Vincent and the Grenadines later this month and are likely to make recommendations that will go before regional leaders at their annual summit in Trinidad and Tobago in July on the vexing question of air and maritime transportation in the Caribbean. CARICOM Secretary General…
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Ban Ki-Moon’s warning not to be taken lightly!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – UNITED Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a warning to the world’s business community yesterday that, we believe, is most pertinent to Jamaica and indeed our sister Caribbean states. According to Mr Ban, economic losses linked to disasters are “out of control” and will continue to escalate unless disaster risk management becomes a core part of business…
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EDITORIAL – Getting serious about CARICOM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Until now, the debate about Jamaica’s relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been emotive and huffing. The core of the issue is Jamaica’s near US$1 billion trade deficit with the community, the bulk of which is with Trinidad and Tobago. Jamaica mostly place the blame for this state of affairs on claims that Port-of-Spain breaks regional…
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Regional countries adopt new strategies to deal with changing global environment
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers ended a two-day meeting here on Wednesday night agreeing on a number of new initiatives to give the Caribbean a greater role in global economic and political situations. Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran, who chaired the 16th meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community…
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Euro Zone Economy Shrinks; Recession Returns in France
PARIS — The euro zone economy shrank more than expected in the first three months of 2013, official data showed Wednesday, marking a sixth consecutive quarter of decline as France returned to recession for the first time since 2009 and Germany marked time. The 17-nation euro zone contracted by 0.2 percent from the last three months of 2012, Eurostat, the…
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Government announces investigation into destruction Maya archaeological site
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it has launched a “vigorous” investigation into the into the circumstances surrounding the near total destruction of the Maya archaeological site known as Noh Mul in northern Belize. Police are also investigating the matter and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the National Institute of Culture and History and the Belize Tourism…
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Government to pay public servants salary increases
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government says it will pay a four per cent increase to all public servants even though members of the Civil Service Association (CSA) had voted last month to reject the government’s offer and settle for a wage freeze. Government said that the increase will be a one per cent in the first…
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Former government ministers hint at forming new party
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Two former senior government ministers, including former deputy prime minister Sam Condor, have hinted at the possibility of forming a new political party that could likely contest the next general elections in St. Kitts-Nevis. Condor and former senior minister Dr. Timothy Harris said while they are still considering contesting the polls as independent candidates “we’ll…
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Opposition wants more details on oil license given to US businessman
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Opposition Leader Stephenson King has written to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy seeking clarification on an exclusive license granted to a United States businessman, Jack Grynberg, to carry out oil exploration in St. Lucia waters. King wants to know whether Dame Pearlette had issued the license in keeping with the provisions of the Minerals (Vesting)…
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Spanish oil firm signs new agreement
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The Spanish oil exploration firm, REPSOL, Tuesday signed a new oil exploration concession offshore agreement with Guyana. President Donald Ramotar and REPSOL’s director, Jose A. Murillas signed the four year prospecting license for the 6,525 square kilometer concession located 100 miles seawards off the mouth of the Berbice River. The two sides also signed a production sharing…
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