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Former Premier to stand trial
GRAND TURK, Turk and Caicos Islands, CMC – The head investigator in a British Government’s probe of corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands says former Premier Michael Misick will stand trial. Helen Garlick of the Turks and Caicos Special Investigation and Prosecution Team, said Misick will join 10 others, including four of his cabinet ministers, in defending allegations that…
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Making sense of Jamaica’s growth challenges
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There is much anxiety today among Jamaicans at home and abroad concerning Jamaica's economic future. Those who have been brave enough to look over the economic precipice often return to the fold with grossly disturbing news. We hear, for instance, that Jamaica's indebtedness has forced the Government to allocate a relatively large share of its already meagre…
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Haiti to host ACS Summit
Port of Spain, Trinidad, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will be represented at the 5th Summit of the Heads of State and/or Government of The Association of Caribbean States (ACS), to be held in Haiti this week. Sustainable tourism, trade, air and maritime transport and disaster risk reduction are some of the issues to be discussed at…
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Leaders urged to put tourism on front burner
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Dr Rufus Ewing, Premier of the Turks and Caicos, has echoed a call by T&T’s Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz for regional leaders to put tourism high on the agenda. Premier Dr Ewing, speaking at the final press briefing on the last day of the 14th Annual Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC-14) on Thursday at the Hyatt…
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The power of the Caribbean Sea
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Has the time come to give greater consideration to the opportunity presented by what might be described as the space in between: the millions of square miles of ocean and sea bed that lie between the islands and countries of the Caribbean? Largely unmapped, scarcely considered and vastly greater in promise than what, for the…
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IDB calls for poverty reduction projects led by civil society
PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched the second call for proposals for civil society organizations to carry out activities focused on poverty reduction and social inclusion and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The announcement was made here by the IDB’s Executive Director for the Government of Japan, Yasuhiro Atsumi, at the…
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New IDB study offers a prescription for growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Most Latin American and Caribbean economies survived the Great Recession in relatively good shape. But now as the global slowdown threatens to hang on indefinitely, what is their fate? The countries of the region will grow faster — at an estimated rate of 3.9 percent over the next five years — than the global economy. “Latin America will gain weight…
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Warner did best thing, says PNM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – “He’s done the best thing he could have done in T&T’s interest.” That was PNM deputy leader Marlene McDonald’s response yesterday to news the Prime Minister had accepted Jack Warner’s resignation. MSJ leader David Abdulah said: “Given the evidence, there was little option but to resign. But although he’s no longer in Cabinet, he’s not…
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Kamla: Partnership members free to talk
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said while all parties within the coalition People’s Partnership Government were “free to practise freedom of speech”, she was confident they would all “abide” by her decision on National Security Minister Jack Warner. This statement came on Saturday in regard to the coalition partner, Congress of the People, and that party’s…
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