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  • Photo of Jamaica embarks on $54.4M measles prevention campaign

    Jamaica embarks on $54.4M measles prevention campaign

    The Government is to spend $54.4 million to implement a Measles Prevention Campaign, which will run from February 16 to May 8, 2015. Ministry of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, made the announcement at a press briefing held on Monday, February 16 at Jamaica House. He informed that the money will be used to procure additional doses of the Measles…

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  • Regional finance ministers meeting in Bahamas

    NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb 18, CMC – Caribbean finance ministers will meet here from Thursday for the Fourth Meeting of the Governors of the Caribbean Country Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The two-day meeting will discuss a number of issues including proposals for the organisational structure and capitalisation of the IDB’s private sector agency, and long-term financial policies of…

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  • Photo of Grenada Mulls Geothermal Energy

    Grenada Mulls Geothermal Energy

    Following moves by several nearby Caribbean islands, Grenada is exploring the potential of geothermal energy on the island. Last year, the government signed a “support partnership framework” with the government of New Zealand, aiming to facilitate such exploration, and now that is moving forward. The government said this week that Grenada had contracted Jacobs New Zealand limited to undertake the…

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  • Photo of Antigua and Barbuda PM requests hold on LIAT decisions

    Antigua and Barbuda PM requests hold on LIAT decisions

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – February 17, 2015……Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to his colleague Dr Ralph Gonsalves in his capacity as Chairman of LIAT Shareholders, requesting that “no further action be taken with regard to any decisions made at the meeting of Shareholders’ of LIAT in Barbados on February 13th 2015” until his Cabinet has…

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  • Photo of PM Browne impressed with progress at new airport terminal

    PM Browne impressed with progress at new airport terminal

    Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, has expressed satisfaction with the progress being made in construction of the new terminal at the V.C. Bird International Airport. During a tour of the facility on Monday, which included Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, the Hon. Charles Fernandez, China’s Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, His Excellency Mr. Ren…

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  • Elections Supervisor explains delays, announces winning candidates

    St. Kitts and Nevis Supervisor of Elections  Mr. Wingrove George late Tuesday afternoon announced Team Unity as the winners of the general elections held on Monday 16 February 2015. He confirmed that Team Unity, an alliance of three opposition parties, won seven of the 11 seats contested, with the outgoing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party of Dr. Denzil Douglas winning three…

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  • St Kitts outgoing PM thanks nation

    BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Outgoing Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas Tuesday said he would forever cherish the opportunity given to lead St Kitts-Nevis and wished the new government well following Monday’s general election. Dr Douglas, 62, failed in his attempt to lead the St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) to an unprecedented five consecutive term in power, losing to Team…

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  • Photo of Caribbean’s different gender gap: women rise, men stagnate

    Caribbean’s different gender gap: women rise, men stagnate

    KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — When the young woman was preparing to open a business in Jamaica selling pipes, vaporizers and other smoking paraphernalia, some acquaintances suggested she would have difficulty succeeding in a niche trade dominated by men. Now, about a year-and-a-half after its launch at a hotel complex in Jamaica’s capital, Ravn Rae’s smoking supplies store is growing and…

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  • Photo of Gov’t to Extend Copyright Protection for Creative Works

    Gov’t to Extend Copyright Protection for Creative Works

    The Government is increasing protection for the creative works of Jamaicans under the amendments to the Copyright Act being undertaken. Minister of State in Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams, said the amendments will extend copyright protection 95 years beyond the author’s death. The existing legislation in literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works lasts for the…

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  • Jamaican teachers learn about right to work, travel and do business in CARICOM

    MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Teachers from more than 20 schools in western Jamaica will learn how to teach students about their right to work, travel and do business in 13 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, in a special two day workshop starting on Monday in Montego Bay. The CARICOM Single Market teacher training workshop starts with an opening ceremony featuring officials…

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