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BAHAMAS-ENVIRONMENT-Regional countries and companies agree to plan to protect marine and coastal env
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – At least 15 Caribbean countries and 17 companies have agreed to join forces to preserve and protect the region’s marine and coastal environment as well as accelerate the transition to renewable energy. “The Summit of Caribbean Political and Business Leaders will be forever etched in the history books of Caribbean conservation as a transformational event that…
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CARIBBEAN-DEVELOPMENT- Forum urges enhanced skills training in kick-starting growth in the Caribbean
WASHINGTON, CMC – A World Bank-backed forum has called for improved skills training, revitalize investments and increase connectivity “both physical and virtual “ in kick-starting growth in the Caribbean. The Washington-based financial institution said that was the message from a mix of local business people, civil society and ministers from across the region, known as Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), a…
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CARIBBEAN-SUMMIT-Regional trade unions want to be re-engaged by Caribbean leaders
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), David Massiah, is calling on regional governments to re-engage the Caribbean trade union movement in a similar fashion as they did in previous years. The CCL along with the main regional private sector group were allowed to make representations to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders at their…
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CARIBBEAN-LABOUR-Trinidad and Tobago says no CSME without labour reform http://cananewsonline.com/news/full-news/business-news/89982-caribbean-labour-trinidad-and-tobago-says-no-csme-without-labour-reform.html
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Labour Minister, Errol McLeod, is not giving the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) free movement provisions of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) much of a chance if labour standards are not harmonised in the region. Addressing the opening session of the 8thInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) meeting of Caribbean labour ministers here,…
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CARIBBEAN-LABOUR-Union leader dismisses suggestion to make aviation industry an essential service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The chairman of the Council of LIAT trade unions, Chester Humphrey, has poured cold water on efforts by at least two regional government leaders and a senior aviation official that the aviation industry should also be classified as an essential service, with legislated restricted rights to strike. Humphrey told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC)…
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Genomes of cholera bacteria from Haiti confirm epidemic originated from single source
The strain of cholera that has sickened thousands in Haiti came from a single source and was not repeatedly introduced to the island over the past three years as some have thought, according to a new study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The results of this latest study are consistent with earlier…
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Mission accomplished, says departing TCI governor
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — On balance, there have been good and bad hours, but more good hours than bad, says departing governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Ric Todd, in assessing his almost two years in the British Overseas Territory. Todd is in the process of cleaning out his desk and tidying up outstanding matters in…
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Operations VP takes the helm at CAL
(Trinidad Guardian) – Vice President of Operations at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Captain Jagmohan Singh, has been appointed to run the day-to-day operations of the airline following the sudden resignation of acting CEO Robert Corbie on Friday. In an interview, CAL communications manager Clint Williams said, “Captain Jagmohan Singh, the vice president of operations, is currently at the helm. “He was…
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T&T vessel shot at here after Captain refuses drug transport –report
(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday. According to reports, the Adorra travelled to Guyana last month with a shipment of coconut water. The crew of the vessel stayed…
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Egypt’s military and the country’s ‘second revolution’
GEORGETOWM, Guyana, Stabroek News – The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi to the presidency last year – now manifests itself in waves of civil insurrection. Mursi’s civilian presidency may have brought an end to more than sixty years of de facto…
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