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Tourism Sector Keeps Eye On US Shutdown
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says it is paying close attention to the shutdown in the United States (US) because of its likely impact on the country's tourism sector. The US remains Jamaica's largest source of tourists, providing over 65 per cent of the land-based visitors to the island; however, with more than 800,000 government…
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Caribbean American legislator outraged over shutting down of US federal government
NEW YORK, CMC – A Caribbean American legislator Tuesday expressed outrage over the first shutdown of the United States government in 17 years. “I am appalled that extremist, tea-party Republican politicians in Washington, D.C. are preparing to shut down the federal government and cause further economic damage to this nation,” Grenadian American New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams told the…
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Food import bill down two per cent
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Agricultural production is up and an additional 4000 acres will be put into cultivation next year, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has announced. Speaking at the second ceremonial harvest launch of the Caroni Green Initiative at Orange Valley, Couva, Maharaj said the sector expanded by 5.1 per cent over the past year “The contribution of…
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Agriculture in the Caribbean
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – After a 10-year hiatus, the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which was launched back in 1999, will be hosted by Guyana October 4-12. The steering committee for the event is drawn from the Agriculture Ministry, the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The theme chosen…
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Aviation pact lifts Dominican-Haiti ties trounced by high court ruling
Santo Domingo.- While a Dominican Republic high court ruling which jeopardizes mostly people of Haitian descent and prompted Port-au-Prince to recall its ambassador in Santo Domingo, an agreement on aviation has uplifted relations among the Hispaniola neighbors. The Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) on Monday signed a search and rescue agreement with Haiti and Canada’s National Civil Aviation Office in…
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Dominican Republic’s Haitian descendants in ‘constitutional limbo’: UN
GENEVA.- The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the Dominican Constitutional Court ruling which refuses nationality to offspring born in the country of undocumented parents, which mostly affects descendants of Haitians. “This decision deprives tens of thousands of people of a nationality, which will have a very negative impact on the rest of their…
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Haiti pulls envoy after DR court decision
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian government is recalling its ambassador in the Dominican capital in response to a court ruling from the neighboring Dominican Republic that strips citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants . The decision comes almost a week after a ruling by the Dominican Republic's Constitutional Court blocked citizenship for thousands of people born to Haitian…
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A balanced Caribbean path to shared prosperity
The recent High Level Caribbean Forum in Nassau was the latest in a series of discussions to develop a road map for the region’s long-term economic growth while addressing persistent debt and fiscal issues. A significant consensus about the path forward is clearly taking shape. It’s time for decisive action, so that the region can build on hard-won social and…
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Mother of St. Lucia PM dies
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The 93-year-old mother of Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has died after ailing for a short period. Press Secretary Jadia Jn Pierre-Emmanuel confirmed that Andrazine Anthony passed away at the Tapion Hospital, on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday. The ruling St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) said “Andraz”, as she was affectionately known, had…
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What CARICOM leaders should have said at the UN
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE persistent sucking sound of beneficiary dependents who appear to have no intention of being weaned, and who don't seem to want to grow up and assume responsibility for themselves, could be heard at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week. That, unfortunately, appears to be the mindset and policy of most Caricom states…
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