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Montserrat to host workshop to save endangered Mountain Chicken
BRADES, Montserrat, CMC– Local, regional and international stakeholders will convene on Montserrat on Tuesday for a four-day workshop to work on a strategy to save the critically endangered Mountain Chicken. The Mountain Chicken recovery programme workshop to be held at the Montserrat National Trust in Olveston, will review activities of the Mountain Chicken project and highlight the current issues of…
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Trade Unions concerned about impact of economy on work force
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The state of the economy will be the focal point of a meeting of trade union officials who have raised concern about how Government paid employees are coping. With a public sector wage freeze in place, the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar and the recent increase in toll rates, the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU)…
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Speaker wants court ruling despite opposition withdrawing motion
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Speaker of the St. Kitts-Nevis National Assembly, Curtis Martin, says he is seeking a court ruling on certain legal matters despite public statements by opposition legislators that they have withdrawn a motion before the High Court regarding the motion of no confidence filed against the government of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas. Martin said by…
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Haiti sees big money reviving flagging tourism
MONTROUIS, Haiti (AP) — The Club Indigo beach resort north of the Haiti capital was crowded with U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers, diplomats and missionaries on a recent Sunday. But the only real, live tourists seemed to be Anne Fournier and her husband. The young couple from Montreal is a rarity in this afflicted country. Crime, health scares, hurricanes and the…
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Migration group reports significant decrease in displaced families in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says there has been a significant decrease in the number of displaced families in Haiti since a massive earthquake struck the country three and a half years ago. In its latest quarterly Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) for Haiti, the Geneva, Switzerland-based group said about 279,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) or…
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EDITORIAL – Graduating from what?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is not only the election of Doran Dixon to a second stint as president of the teachers' union. Other evidence abounds of how we have this education thing upside down; that there is a premium on form over outcomes. This past Sunday, for instance, this newspaper highlighted an expanding ritual in Jamaica's schools, which might be…
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Region launches on-line climate risk assessment tool
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC –The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) says it will launch a seminal on-line support tool in St. Lucia on Friday in keeping with the thrust to promote a culture of risk management across the region. St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will address the launch of the Caribbean Climate Online Risk and Adaptation TooL…
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Schools ordered closed as St Lucia prepares for Tropical Storm Chantal
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- The Government has ordered the closure of all schools by noon and throughout Tuesday as the country prepares for the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal. According to a government statement, the schools will remain closed until Wednesday morning, unless advised otherwise. Prime Minister Kenny Anthony, is expected to chair a pre- strike meeting of the National…
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St Lucia to close airport as Tropical Storm approaches
Castries, St Lucia, CMC – The Government of St. Lucia will be closing the George F. Charles Airport as of midnight on Monday due the impending passage of Tropical Storm Chantal. As a result the regional carrier, LIAT has been forced to cancel several flights in and out of the island on Tuesday. According to release from LIAT, an assessment…
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