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GRENADA-FINANCE-Grenada meeting its financial commitment to creditors
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is meeting its obligation to creditors because of a new strategy through which it has categorised the debt owed. “One of the things we declared early since winning the February 19 general election was the need for debt restructuring and we began a process which now put some debts within…
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CARIBBEAN-HEALTH-WHO issues new HIV guidelines calling for earlier treatment
GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC- The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines urging that people infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS to receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. The new recommendations are presented in WHO’s “Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection” released here over the weekend. The recommendations point to recent…
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CARIBBEAN-LABOUR- Regional labour ministers meet in the midst of employment concerns
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean labour ministers meet here on Tuesday in the midst of regional concern that tentative economic growth is not being accompanied by increasing employment opportunities. The recently-released International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employment Trends report registers gloomy results for the wider Latin American and Caribbean region with slowdowns in economic growth, employment creation and…
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T&T in transport ‘hotspot’ at Caricom summit this week
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – T&T’s stalled southern Caribbean fast ferry proposal and the regional controversy over T&T’s fuel subsidy for Caribbean Airlines are to be discussed at the Caricom leaders’ 34th summit starting Wednesday in Port-of-Spain. “Those issues (above) are current, so those as well as Caricom’s future will be examined,” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran added yesterday.…
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TRINIDAD-POPULATION- Human bones found under Parliament building date back to 430 AD
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament says the human bones unearthed under the “Red House” building during initial excavation work undertaken as part of the restoration of the building date back to between 430 AD and 1390 AD. In a statement, the Parliament said that a full-time archaeological team has been assigned to the dig…
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Dominica, St Lucia to make CCJ their final appeal court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian, Secretary General of Caricom, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has announced that Dominica and St Lucia are expected to join other countries in making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) their final court of appeal. While others—including T&T—have not signed on to make the CCJ their final court for all matters, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston…
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Caribbean voices
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Representatives of several Caribbean countries will meet here on Tuesday as they seek to ensure that the concerns of the region are articulated at the 2014 Conference of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Samoa next September. The three-day meeting here will determine common concerns, exchange experiences and lessons learned, and discuss regional perspectives and positions…
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CMC Feature-CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-40 years later, regional leaders gather at the birthplace of CARICOM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Irwin la Rocque is very passionate about the regional integration movement, CARICOM. He has to be. As Secretary General of the 15-member grouping, he defends it against accusation from certain sections of the region that instead of CARICOM, it should be named “CARIGONE”. But as the regional leaders get ready to assemble in Trinidad…
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Good report for the Caribbean
GENEVA, CMC – Latin America and Caribbean region has met a number of targets for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including halving the extreme poverty rate, according to a United Nations report released here on Monday. The report noted that the proportion of people in the region living on less than US$1.25 a day fell from 12 per cent…
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Lloyd: Sammy should not have been removed as ODI skipper
TORONTO – Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd says Darren Sammy should not have been relieved of his duties as skipper of the regional side for One-Day International matches. Sammy, who has been retained as captain of the Twenty20 and Test teams, was removed as leader of the ODI squad and replaced by Dwayne Bravo, who captained the side…
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