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EU, IICA sign deal to strengthen Caribbean food standards
The European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed an agreement which will see the regional bloc providing some 11.7 million euros to boost Caribbean food access to the EU markets. The agreement was signed Wednesday night as the Caribbean Week of Agriculture activities continued in Georgetown, Guyana. Head of the EU Delegation Guyana…
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IMF warns that polictical showdown in the US could damage global economy
WASHINGTON, USA -The International Monetary Fund warned Washington that the political showdown over the budget could damage the global economy, as it cut its US growth forecast. The Fund, in its new World Economic Outlook, projected the US economy would grow 1.6 per cent this year and accelerate to 2.6 per cent in 2014, down respectively 0.1 and 0.2 percentage…
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford is currently serving a 110-year sentence in a US federal prison for masterminding the…
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Lawmakers Give Nod To Decriminalisation Of Ganja
KINGSTON, Jamaica – LAWMAKERS YESTERDAY gave the nod to a private member's motion calling for the decriminalisation of ganja following two weeks of rigorous debate which saw members on the government side split on the issue. Despite sharp divisions among members of parliament (MP) on the controversial issue, at the end of yesterday's debate, the motion was passed without a…
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Regional countries urged to abolish death penalty
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty on Thursday, the IACHR said regional instruments for protection of human rights do not prohibit per…
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Concerns over rising exchange rate for US currency in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former finance minister Audley Shaw Tuesday called on the Jamaica government to implement a number of measures aimed at slowing or reversing the exchange rate of the local dollar against the United States currency. Shaw, who is seeking to take over the leadership of the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), said that the Portia Simpson…
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Arnaldo Ventura Appointed To CARICOM Committee
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr Arnoldo Ventura, professor at The Mico University College, has been invited by the Prime Minister responsible for Science and Technology in CARICOM, Dr Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to serve on the CARICOM Committee for Science, Technology and Innovation. The first meeting of this committee will take place in Grenada in January 2014 and will…
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A conservation group says it has secured fund to revive an area in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) where a failed marina project has devastated the marine ecosystem. The project in Union Island, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was abandoned almost 20 years ago and residents of the island as well as conservationists say…
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