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European Union names first ambassador to OECS
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The European Union has provided more than Euro 23 million (One Euro =US$1.29 cents) in funding projects in the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) since March last year. Newly appointed European Union (EU) ambassador to the OECS, Mikael Barfod, says he hopes to “maintain and strengthen” those project as he presented his credentials…
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Jamaica creates FATCA intermediary
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica plans to set up a central authority led by the central bank to report on the financial activities of US taxpayers to their government, which has been on a three-year campaign to track down tax cheats. Its the latest move by the Jamaican Government to assist local institutions to comply with a new US hegemonic tax…
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Trade on agenda as China’s leader visits
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The official visit to T&T by China’s new head of state President Xi Jingping has generated different levels of expectation among Caricom member states. For the countries that have maintained strong diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China, the anticipation is that President Xi might unveil a new aid package specifically designed for the…
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UN anti-cholera plan in Haiti ‘failing’
UN efforts to tackle cholera in Haiti are “almost non-existent”, a charity says, as the world body faces court action for inadvertently starting a cholera epidemic in the country. Late last year, the UN launched a $2.2bn-appeal (£1.5bn) to improve water supplies in Haiti. But Medecins Sans Frontieres says this has had almost no practical effect.
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PM Gonsalves wants 90-minute talks with Trinidad PM on fuel subsidy
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he has requested a 90-minute meeting with his Trinidadian counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, next month to discuss the Caribbean Air Navigation and Advisory Services (CANAS) and regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves said when he was in Port of Spain on Tuesday for talks with United States Vice President Joe Biden…
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China’s President to meet with Caribbean leaders
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC ) — China's President Xi Jingping arrives here today for a three-day visit during which time he will meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders. The visit follows that of the United States Vice-President Joe Biden earlier this week and according to a Chinese Embassy statement it is to “further increase political trust and consolidate friendship…
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CARICOM needs new approach in dealing with US
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – That Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar chose to characterise CARICOM’s talks with US Vice-President Joe Biden as “brutal” is probably indicative of more than a measure of resistance on the part of the US vice-president of the many demands made for American assistance and antagonistic follow-through by regional leaders. As Vice-President Biden indicated, “island nations face…
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