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Warning issued against abuse of solitary confinement
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United Nations expert on torture has called on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the practise of solitary confinement and its harmful effects in the Americas, including the Caribbean. Juan E. Méndez, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on torture, also called for stronger regulation on solitary confinement. “I am concerned about the general lack of…
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Police Association to protest against proposed legislation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Service and Welfare Association will be holding candle light vigils as a form of protest against the proposed legislation to grant soldiers the power of arrest. President of the Association Anand Ramesar on Wednesday told reporters that the vigil would be headed by former president of the association, Emrol Bruce. “The theme…
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Grenada to join debt restructuring club
KINGSTON, Jamaica – GRENADA plans to commence talks with its creditors to restructure its EC$2.2- billion public debt. Rising interest payments in the face of falling revenue and a high wage bill has prompted the government to miss an interest payment due this month. It is the second time that it has been faced with an interest payment that it…
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Caribbean tourism to keep its piece of the pie
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean is not expected to carve out a larger piece of the travel and tourism industry over the next 10 years. The region is expected to maintain a less than two per cent share of the sector even while its contribution to GDP is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.2 per cent…
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New generation of social entrepreneurs transforming Americas
Panama City — When Ernesto Argüello, a Honduran civil engineer, was 12 years old, he worked for his father for a month and used all his earnings to buy a pair of fancy sneakers on a family vacation trip. He was surprised his money didn’t buy more, but his father told him that some of the people he worked with…
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IMF providing funds to Haiti
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is providing Haiti with US$7.4 million after completing a review of the country’s performance under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) earlier this month. The IMF said that the disbursement brings the total disbursements under the programme to date to US$54.1 million. Haiti signed the ECF in July 2010 and the debt relief,…
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PM Gonsalves wants region-wide reparations group formed
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is calling on Caribbean countries to establish a regional reparations committee, pledging to spend the rest of his life seeking compensation from the British for land, genocide against the Garifuna, and slavery. Prime Minister Gonsalves said Cabinet will soon name its reparations committee “But we want to see not only…
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Foreign Secretary warns Premier to abide by rules
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague has taken Dr.Rufus Ewing – the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands to task following a recent speech to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government. In a scathing letter Hague described the presentation at the Inter-session meeting of CARICOM heads of Government last month, as a “substantial…
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Soldiers who took legal action against Chief of Staff relieved off duties
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Wednesday confirmed that four officers who sued Chief of Staff, Commodore Gary Best for allegedly refusing to pay them a one-month bonus, have been relieved of their duties with immediate effect. The GDF said the Defence Board issued the instruction “given the serious nature of the matters, its implications, (and) the…
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