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Government pleased with national debate on economy
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government, which is contemplating entering into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says it is encouraged by the support given by non-governmental organizations to restructure the country’s national debt. It said the Grenada Conference of Churches, the Grenada Private Sector Organisation, the Grenada Trade Union Council and the Inter-agency Group of…
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Database launched to analyze impact of climate change on Caribbean coasts
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has collaborated with the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and the University of Cantabria in launching a database that would analyze the impact of climate change on Caribbean coasts. On Wednesday, ECLAC said regional countries could improve coastal planning and develop preventive measures…
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Focus must be on swine flu prevention
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Following confirmation late Wednesday by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) of six local cases of Influenza A/H1N1, better known as swine flu, the first response from Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan was that such cases were “nothing new” for T&T. The minister’s biggest concern was avoiding “overreaction and over-treatment,” which he said occurred in…
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IT’S SWINE FLU
FLU PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Two persons who died after exhibiting influenza H1N1 symptoms may possibly be among the six confirmed cases of the swine flu virus, Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. Speaking at a media conference at the Ministry of Health, Park Street, Port of Spain, Khan who called on citizens not to panic said…
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Developing countries to receive over US$410 billion in remittances in 2013
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says remittances to the developing world, including the Caribbean, are expected to grow by 6.3 percent this year to US$414 billion. In its revised estimates and forecasts, issued here on Wednesday, the World Bank also projected that remittances to the developing world will cross the half-trillion mark by 2016. The bank said remittance volumes…
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Government to establish fee structure for CARICOM Skills Certificate
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is seeking to establish a fee structure for issuing CARICOM Skills Certificates in keeping with the amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, which seeks to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in regional countries. Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier told legislators…
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Caribbean academic wants greater role tertiary education in ACP economic growth
BRUSSELS, CMC – Prominent academic and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Professor E. Nigel Harris has stressed the role of tertiary education as an engine for economic growth in developing countries, while calling for deeper collaboration across African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions in the process. In an interview to launch the ACP Secretariat’s “One-on-One” YouTube series,…
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‘Reinventing the CSME’
CSME’ GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Professor Norman Girvan, in an address entitled, ‘Reinventing the CSME,’ to the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) in Barbados, last Friday, assessed the crisis in the regional economic integration process, focusing on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and proposed a possible way out. CARICOM’s problems have already been subject to much analysis; no…
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CCJ to deliver ruling on Shanique Myrie case
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is expected to deliver a land mark ruling on Friday in the case against Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who sued the Government of Barbados. Myrie, 25, who was granted leave by the CCJ to file the action, alleged that when she travelled to Barbados on March 14,…
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