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Haiti welcomes 2013 with Bold Strategic Alliance with Vietnam
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, /PRNewswire/ — The governments of Haiti and Vietnam are demonstrating that South-South cooperation can lead to the fruitful exchange of resources, technology and knowledge. A series of significant agreements signed in late December 2012 provide the framework for a novel form of long term cooperation that will allow Haiti to address food security, one of its key challenges.…
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US says it requested no request for alternate parade route
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States Wednesday said it had not requested any change to the parade route for this year’s Carnival celebrations, even as it “appreciated” the Trinidad and Tobago government’s commitment to security for diplomatic missions. Carnival celebrations will climax with the street parade on February 10-11 and in a brief statement, the US Embassy…
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Opposition blanks new security plan under Rohee
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Leader of the opposition grouping, a Partnership for National Unity (APNU), retired Brigadier David Granger says the opposition will not support a new security reform programme outlined by Home Affairs Minister Ckement Rohee earlier this week. “We are committed to supporting security sector reform, yes we will support any reasonable measure that will make the country…
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Region experiencing finest moments despite challenging economic problems
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Wednesday said that new labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its finest moment despite the crisis in other areas. “We now face the challenge of taking advantage of this platform to remedy deficits that dampen prospects for development,” said Elizabeth Tinoco,…
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Public spending reduced region’s fiscal balances
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The region’s fiscal balances for 2012 deteriorated compared to 2011, mainly due to increased public spending. This according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean’s (Eclac) report on the region’s growth prospects for 2013. It said in Latin America, primary balances (before interest payments on the public debt) averaged a deficit of 0.3…
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Don’t ignore the Leucaena project
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A perfect example of the shortage of vision affecting CARICOM governments is their dropping of the ball on the Leucaena project in the early 1980s. Ambassador Byron Blake, former CARICOM assistant secretary general, reminded us of that last month during a sitting of the Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange. For those who missed it, the Leucaena project was…
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‘IMF pact not our salvation’; ‘Butch’ Stewart urges J’cans to look out for each other as never befor
KINGSTON, Jamaica – GORDON ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday urged Jamaicans to hold each other’s hands and face the challenges of 2013 in an exemplary spirit of unity and teamwork. Stewart, the Caribbean’s leading hotelier, said co-ordinated teams win big games, and if Jamaicans work as a team, by “helping each other, protecting each other, and supporting each other, as never before,…
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