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Time for a visionary WICB president
PORT OF SAPIN, Trinidad – Next month, Dr Julian Hunte will be in a three-way fight to retain the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). He will be going after a fourth successive term, although he had previously hinted he might finally step down from the position he has held since July 2007. Dr Hunte faces two contenders…
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Panama City hosts Association of Caribbean States
meeting (AP) TRINIDAD Guardian Panama City—The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama, Rómulo Roux will convene the 18th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) on Friday in Panama City, Panama. The Ministerial Council comprises of representatives of member states and is the principal organ for policy-making and direction of the…
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PM accuses opposition and foreigners of undermining economic development
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has accused the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) of joining with foreigners to undermine economic development in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Gonsalves made the claims in a radio programme on Sunday after he told listeners of an encounter he had with two journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)…
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Opposition Leader accuses PM Gonsalves of lying about BBC matter
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has accused Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of not telling the truth when he told the nation that two journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had said he (Eustace) was the source of information that a foreign investor had left a briefcase with money at the office of the prime…
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Court reserves judgement in opposition challenge
ROSEAU, Dominica, Feb 19, CMC – High Court judge Lionel Jones has reserved judgment on whether or not to uphold an application to strike out a challenge by the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) to the nomination of Eluid Williams as President of Dominica. Opposition Leader Hector John filed the lawsuit in October last year claiming that Prime Minister…
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Military Court throws out request to dismiss charges against President Bouterse
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, CMC – A military court has denied a request to dismiss a case in which President Desi Bouterse and several others are implicated in the deaths of 15 prominent people who were opposed to the then military government in Suriname in 1982. The Military Court is reported to have delivered its verdict last week when it met behind…
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OECS begins consultations on WTO trade issues
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A series of consultations aimed at identifying national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the commitments being negotiated under trade facilitation within the World Trade Organization (WTO) began here on Monday. The consultations to be held throughout the seven-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States are aimed at simplifying and harmonizing international…
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Bahamas to stage international business forum
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Prime Minister Perry Christie will address the Bahamas International Investment and Business Forum that begins here on Wednesday. The organisers said that the two-day event has attracted participation from more than 27 countries and is being held under the theme “At the Crossroads of 21st Century Trade and Investment”. “The forum is global in its outlook…
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CARIFORUM pays tribute to former head of regional negotiating machinery
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ivan Ogando Lora, has paid tribute to the former director-general of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Ambassador Henry S. Gill, who died after a prolong illness in Trinidad and Tobago. “It is fair to say that the CARIFORUM-EU EPA will loom…
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A serious food crisis is brewing in Haiti – here’s how to stop it
As well as exporting cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, mangos, breadfruit and potatoes, Haitians rely on 40% of the food produced in the country for local consumption. With this in mind, it's easy to see why last year's dramatic weather patterns and global economic meltdown produced aftershocks as significant and devastating as those of the 2010 earthquake. In 2012,…
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