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New study calls for more funds to help Caribbean achieve climate stabilization
WASHINGTON, CMC – A new study is suggesting that nearly US$100 million would be required annually to implement key mitigation strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study, which has been released here on Monday, estimates net additional costs of reducing emissions related to land use, energy and transport – the three main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in…
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UK tourism push pays dividends say officials
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Tourism officials and hoteliers have hailed road shows to attract more visitors from the United Kingdom — which currently provides just 10 per cent of Bermuda's air arrivals — as a success. Last week's promotional activities in London, Birmingham and Manchester also received the support of British Airways (BA) executives, who had earlier criticised Bermuda —…
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Jamaica now at forefront of cancer research, says Dr. Lowe
KINGSTON, Jamaica – RENOWNED Jamaican scientist Dr. Henry Lowe and his cancer research team received a big boost over the last several weeks as one of their peer-reviewed research papers on the anti-cancer properties of the Jamaican Ball Moss has generated great interest in the international scientific community. The research paper — published in Cancer Cell International, regarded as one…
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Prime Minister calls for new regional health insurance scheme
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The 27th annual congress of the Caribbean Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CARAIFA) began here on Monday with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit urging regional financial advisors to develop a health insurance scheme for the Caribbean. Skerrit told the more than 130 delegates from 13 Caribbean countries that the cost of medical services in the region…
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US provides fingerprinting equipment to Caribbean countries
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada Monday became the second Caribbean country to receive an automated fingerprinting identification system (AFIS) from the United States as part of the efforts to assist in crime solving in the region. “Together all these islands will be able to work to help each other solve crime,” said US Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern…
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Aid shortfalls jeopardize Haiti’s humanitarian programs
For the first time since four back-to-back storms and hurricanes battered Haiti five years ago, the U.N.’s lead feeding program and other agencies don’t have enough food to stockpile in strategic areas before a major storm hits. In some of the most remote corners of the country, people are dying needlessly of cholera because treatment centers have been abandoned, aid…
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‘Bring Jack Back’ group formed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Disbelief, hurt, disappointment and sadness gave way to determination yesterday as hundreds of people from the constituency of Chaguanas West came together to form a lobby group called “Bring Jack Back.” Led by chairman of the La Paille/Caroni party group, Indal Singh, supporters vowed to shake up the People’s Partnership Government if Prime Minister Kamla…
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Post-Jack, Partnership future hangs in balance
balance PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – APRIL 21, 2013 counted as the first day in the rest of the life of the People’s Partnership, born exactly three years before in Fyzabad. Headlines yesterday reported the departure of Jack Warner, maybe the most fearsome of the political heavyweights in the Partnership that became the Government. Mr Warner proved also to be…
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