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Guyana to host Caribbean Agriculture Week
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The planning for Caribbean Agriculture Week (CAW) 2013, the 12th edition of the Region’s premier agricultural event, will be hosted by the Government of Guyana, October 4-12, under the theme `Linking the Caribbean for Regional Food and Nutrition Security and Rural Development’.Preparations are moving apace for the event to be held at the Guyana International Conference Centre.…
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The University of the West Indies: Performing against the odds
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A few days ago the BBC Television World Service interviewed one of the wealthiest people in China. She will be 48 years old next month and her assets are worth US$3.6 billion. Zhang Xin was born into abject poverty, began working in a sweat-shop, lived in a single room with her mother in Hong Kong, saved from…
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Warner resigns
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced she had “accepted the offer of resignation” of embattled Minister of National Security Jack Warner. Persad-Bissessar named Emmanuel George as the new National Security Minister. George’s Works and Infrastructure portfolio was assigned to Suruj Rambachan, in addition to his (Rambachan’s) duties as Minister of Local Government.
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Being Mandela
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – That there was violence and protest in the four years between Mr Mandela’s release and the general elections in 1994 is a matter of record, but measured against the tensions between the polarised races, it’s clear that Mr Mandela’s calming influence was a significant factor in the successful transition from apartheid to true democracy. Yesterday,…
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Caribbean Lizards Suggest Evolution More Predictable Than Thought
This question has long puzzled thinkers like legendary evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould, who proposed that evolution was “utterly unpredictable and quite unrepeatable.” But a new study of Caribbean lizards published today (July 18) in the journal Science suggests that, at least in some circumstances, evolution may be more predictable than previously thought. It is, as you might imagine, difficult…
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Costa Rica seized over 4 tons of cocaine in Caribbean Sea
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Costa Rica’s Minister of Public Safety, Francisco Zamora, says law enforcement officials have seized 4.6 tons of cocaine and 1.47 tons of marijuana in the Caribbean Sea so far this year. Zamora told reporters here that between January and July, the Coast Guard intercepted 11 boats in the “Caribbean zone” and arrested 12 suspects…
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How badly has the doping scandal hurt Brand Jamaica?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – IT would be foolhardy to think that Jamaica's image would not be harmed by the doping scandal involving several of our athletes, including the much loved Mr Asafa Powell, and just before that, the iconic Mrs Veronica Campbell Brown. Yet, we must admit to being greatly surprised by the immediate conclusion in so many quarters about how…
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Jack asked to return diplomatic passport
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Government has asked former cabinet minister Jack Warner to return his diplomatic passport. The Express was told by a high-ranking Government official that the United States authorities have been pressuring the Government to withdraw Warner’s diplomatic passport which in effect would remove his diplomatic immunity. Warner has indicated that he will return his diplomatic passport…
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