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CARICOM-SUMMIT-COMMUNIQUE
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The following is the full text of the communiqué issued Monday after the 34th summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that ended in Trinidad on Saturday, July 6, 2013. “The Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 4-6…
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T&T to develop mango industry
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Although there were challenges in developing the mango industry and by extension food production, T&T has the potential to develop it into a viable industry said Dr Mario Fortune, chief technical officer, Ministry of Food Production. “The mango industry, like other food markets in T&T, suffers from two main problems. There is an inconsistent…
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Haiti hopes $160m for high-end tourism pays off
MONTROUIS, Haiti—The only leisure tourist among the UN peacekeepers, aid workers, embassy personnel and missionaries on this beach north of the Haitian capital must have been Anne Fournier. She didn’t live or work in Haiti or pretend to help. Fournier was here for fun, travelling to Haiti for the first time with her Port-au-Prince-born husband of almost two years. The…
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T&T makes strides against money laundering, terrorism
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Trinidad and Tobago has obtained further endorsement and recognition for its fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by its entry on July 3 into the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), a release from Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai said yesterday. The minister said this latest recognition confirms…
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Energy diversification will reduce bill
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Rainford Angella Rainford, managing director of UK-based Rekamniar Frontier Ventures, is confident that Jamaica's move to diversify the energy sector will result in an almost immediate reduction in the country's oil bill. Jamaica's oil imports amounted to US$2.4 billion in 2011. “Once the plants are commissioned, you should see a fairly instantaneous reduction, as you will…
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Brazil data indicate increase in Amazon deforestation
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian government figures released yesterday indicated further rise in deforestation in the Amazon, a trend that could soon amount to a full year’s reversal from recent progress in the battle against destruction of the world’s largest rainforest. Satellite data compiled by Brazil’s space agency showed 465 sq km (180 sq mi) of deforestation during the…
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