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Former president Duvalier hospitalised says attorney
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Former president Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier has been hospitalised, but his lawyer Reynold Georges has declined to name the medical institution where his client is receiving treatment. Georges said that Duvalier, 61, was taken to hospital after he testified last week on human rights abuses and embezzlement associated with his 15-year rule. His…
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Government hints at early poll
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar has accused the opposition parties of using their one seat majority in the National Assembly to derail legislative democracy as the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) hinted at the possibility of calling a snap general election in Guyana. “We see that reality happening now in the first instance to elect the Speaker and…
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IDB praises on-the-job-programme in Jamaica
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is heaping praise on a project in Jamaica that is providing new ways the transfer of cash to poor families in exchange for meeting certain conditions such as sending their children to school. The IDB said for more than two decades, several Latin American and Caribbean countries have transferred cash to poor…
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Caribbean nurses to sit regional exams in October
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Nurses in the Caribbean will sit the Regional Nursing Entrance Examinations (RENR) in October after the regional governing body agreed to a proposal by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC). The proposal was discussed at the just concluded 41st joint meeting of the Executive and Education Committees and 10th Practice Committee of the Regional Nursing Body…
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Study: Sea level rise could severely affect Caribbean coastal wetlands
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (CMC) — A new World Bank study says a rise in sea levels by a metre from climate change could destroy more than 60 per cent of the Caribbean and the developing world's coastal wetlands currently found at one metre or less elevation. The study says this could lead to economic losses of about US$630 million annually.…
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CARICOM calls for stronger legislation to deal with violence against women
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Monday said there is urgent need for stronger legislative measures to deal with the issue of violence against women and other obstacles to gender equality and women empowerment. Guyana’s Human Services and Social Security Minister Jennifer Webster, addressing the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, said that the absence of…
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LIAT suspends flights to St Lucia
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, Monday announced it had been forced to suspend flights to St. Lucia where public servants have taken industrial action to force the government to increase their salaries and wages. A brief statement from the cash-strapped airline did not say how many flights were being suspended but said that the suspension…
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