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Committed to Haiti
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Wednesday said it remained committed called to working with the international community in the development of Haiti, still recovering from a 2010 earthquake that killed an estimated 300,000 people and left more than a million others homeless. Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Rodney Charles, told the United Nations Security…
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CARICOM’s e-agriculture strategies
The Caribbean Community is transforming its agricultural sector into a competitive and sustainable system of agricultural production and services in which ICTs will play a vital role. Agriculture is a priority sector for the 20 member and associate Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Their vision for the agricultural sector entails a complete transformation towards a market‐oriented, internationally competitive…
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Zero tolerance on doping
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – The forced departure of athletes Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Semoy Hackett from the Trinidad and Tobago team camp at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow should stand as a moment for introspection and careful reconsideration of the practices and methodologies of the local athletics association. The situation for Ms Baptiste is particularly surprising,…
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JEHUE’S TURN 21-year-old T&T athlete in World Championships 400 metres hurdles final tomorrow
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express – “I wanted to show people what Jehue ‘Young Prince’ Gordon could do.” The Trinidad and Tobago athlete realised his goal at the Luzhniki Stadium, here in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. He was the class of the field in the opening IAAF World Championships men’s 400 metres hurdles semi-final heat, winning in 48.10 seconds—the…
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TRINIDAD-COURT-Warner sends pre-action protocol letter to CONCACAF, Sir David Simmons
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Austin “Jack Warner” has sent pre-action protocol letters to the football organisation as well as former Barbados chief justice, Sir David Simmons over the contents of a report that had been damning of him. Warner has also sent similar letters…
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ST. LUCIA-POLITICS-Government dismisses opposition concerns over ALBA
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Tuesday described as “false” some of the questions being raised by newly elected leader of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Allen Chastanet regarding St. Lucia’s membership of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA). The government said it is untrue to suggest St. Lucia was joining…
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CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-ST. Vincent PM speaks on political situation in St. Kitts
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is questioning on what grounds the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) or even the Commonwealth can intervene in the political situation in St. Kitts-Nevis. Opposition legislators have accused regional governments of remaining silent on the political stalemate in the twin-island Federation occasioned by the refusal to date of…
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Not enough attention to alternative energy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – JAMAICA continues to agonise over the cost of electricity and the capacity to pay for its oil imports. This agony started with the first oil price shock in 1973 and the degree of agony has varied with the ebb and flow of oil prices. The country is in the throes of trying to reduce the cost…
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Gov’t To Remove Prison Option For Problem Kids
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – The Portia Simpson Miller Cabinet has approved legislative changes that could remove one of the most controversial provisions of the Child Care and Protection Act which allows a judge to incarcerate a child who is deemed to be “beyond control”. “This will result in judges no longer having the option of sentencing these children to correctional…
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