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Ban Ki-moon: Region must stick to UN goals
NEW YORK- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Caribbean and other developing countries to keep alive the promise of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a message marking 1,000 days before the target date to achieve what he described as “a vital moment in history’s largest and most successful anti-poverty push”, Ban said while a journey of a…
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Cyprus debt and Caribbean defaults
KINGSTON, Jamaica – In the last few days, the government of Cyprus has begun to implement the measures demanded of it by the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In return for providing €10 billion (US$13 billion) in support, a sum small by international standards, Europe has taken steps down a route that may…
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Senior police officer admits setting monthly quotas for arresting Caribbean youths
NEW YORK, CMC – A high-ranking New York Police Department (NYPD) officer has acknowledged setting monthly quotas for summonses, arrests and stop and frisks of Caribbean and other minority youths while heading a Brooklyn, New York police precinct. “I set a standard that said do your job or suffer the consequences,” Deputy Chief Michael Marino admitted on the stand in…
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Mandela back in hospital
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said today. Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year, most recently earlier this month when he underwent what authorities said was…
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Legislators to debate whether to legalise marijuana
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda parliament will “soon” debate a motion to decide whether or not to legalise the use of marijuana in this British Overseas Territory. “We will bring to the House of Assembly a ‘take note’ motion so we can have a public debate on the issue. I don’t advocate one way or the other, but it’s…
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BRICS plan development bank
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leaders of five of the world's emerging economic powers agreed Wednesday to create a development bank to help fund their US$4.5-trillion infrastructure plans – a direct challenge to the World Bank that they accuse of Western bias. But the rulers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — known as the BRICS group — were unable…
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