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Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat Forge Closer Ties
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th December 2014…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne and Premier of Montserrat the Hon. Donaldson Romeo, both months into their first term in office, have pledged to forge closer ties between their governments and peoples. On Monday, Prime Minister Browne, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Ambassador Colin Murdoch, paid a goodwill…
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Trinidad Receives $40 Million CDB Loan for Energy Policy Changes
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has received a $40 million policy-based loan from the Caribbean Development Bank to help reinforce “policy changes” in the energy sector, the bank announced. The policy relates to a sustainable energy programme on which Trinidad embarked in 2011. The programme is designed to “enhance the ability of the regulatory and legal framework…
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Barbados & Cuba Discuss Sports & Culture
Barbados and Cuba are seeking to deepen their collaboration in sports and culture. The proposed approach was discussed during a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, by Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernández Peña, at the Ministry of Culture’s Haggatt Hall, St. Michael, office, today. The Sports Minister noted that the National Sports Council was interested in…
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Health officials investigating two suspected Chikungunya deaths
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Monday December 29, 2014, CMC – Health officials are investigating the deaths of two people to determine whether they were as a consequence of the mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya, which causes fever and severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Luis de Shong, said the two…
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Mighty Sparrow – Person of the Year for NY Magazine
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, CMC – A United States-based publication has named calypsonian Slinger Francisco, popularly known as The Mighty Sparrow, as its “Person of the Year.” “Any person, in any part of the world, regardless to sex, age and vocation, can emulate the virtues The Mighty Sparrow exemplified during 2014,” said Herman Hall, the Grenadian-born editor, publisher and founder…
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IMF extends interest waiver for low income countries
WASHINGTON, DC, USA — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from an extension of interest waiver for low-income countries from the Washington based International Monetary Fund until the end of 2016. The IMF had initially endorsed temporary relief of interest payments on all outstanding concessional loans for Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) eligible members in 2009, waiving all…
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New York pays tribute to the “Calypso Queen of the World”
NEW YORK, United States, Sunday December 28, 2014, CMC – Though she was barely able to walk because of gout, Calypso Rose was still able to woo her audience, as Brooklyn paid tribute to the Tobago-born singer who “broke the glass ceiling” in the calypso genre. “This woman, sometimes I sit and wonder what got that woman to sing calypso…
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Jamaica Minister wants more international support for Caribbean
KINGSTON, December 21, 2014 -Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, has repeated his call for a “new agenda” of support for Caribbean states by international finance institutions, to effectively address vulnerabilities related to climate change and significant debt, which regional territories currently experience. Speaking at a private sector luncheon for Inter-American Development (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, in Kingston,…
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What Future for the ACP-EU Partnership Post-2015?
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 2014 (IPS) – “There are still prospects for a meaningful ACP-EU partnership, capable of contributing and responding concretely and effectively to the objectives of promoting and attaining peace, security, poverty eradication and sustainable development,” according to the top official of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). ACP Secretary General Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni was speaking…
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With Austrian funding, UNIDO to help establish Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
(UNIDO, Vienna) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of Austrian Development Cooperation, today signed a 1.3 million Euro funding agreement for the establishment of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE). The signing ceremony was also attended by representatives of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable…
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