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T&T, Guyana in move to boost food security
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Devant Maharaj, Minister of Food Production, told the T&T Guardian that a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is being prepared to bolster relations between Guyana and T&T with respect to food security. He was speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the car park for the Norris Deonarine Wholesale Market, Macoya. He added:…
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Who should CARICOM support for WTO director general?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – INTERNATIONAL trade is vital to the survival and economic growth of small vulnerable developing economies (SVDEs). The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the international agency charged with negotiation of the rules which constitute the multilateral trading system. The implementation and the adjudication of disputes in the interpretation and application of the rules also fall within its purview.…
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Prime Minister meets with gang leaders in the aftermath of brutal murders
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister Dean Barrow has confirmed holding talks with the leaders of a notorious criminal gang here after four men were found murdered in an apartment building on Tuesday. Barrow told reporters that he led a delegation that included National Security Minister John Saldivar for talks with the leaders of the George Street Gang and said…
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Haiti wants greater say in disbursement of Canadian assistance
MONTREAL, Canada, CMC – Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has a message for Canada in the wake of a decision by Ottawa to put a temporarily halt on aid to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. He wants Canada to give Port-au-Prince a greater say in how aid from the North American country is spent. Last week, International Co-operation Minister…
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Three years after Haiti earthquake, loss of hope, desperation
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The narrow corridor home deep inside the mountain was supposed to be a new beginning, a place where Alexandra Simin could have a fresh shot at life after nearly two years of sleeping on a dirt floor in a fetid tent city. But 14 months after trading in her small tent for the one-room cinder block shack in…
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Prof Sankat re-appointed principal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Professor Clement Sankat has been re-appointed as pro vice-chancellor and principal of the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) for a further four years, until his retirement on September 30, 2016. The announcement was made by Professor E Nigel Harris, vice-chancellor of The UWI who said the university’s Finance and…
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Hugo Chavez ‘stable’ and receiving treatment in Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a “stable situation” in a Cuban hospital receiving treatment due to a severe respiratory infection, his government said Monday. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas provided the update, saying the government is in “permanent contact” with Chavez's medical team and relatives who are with him in Havana where he underwent surgery for…
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Government to decide on new public holiday to recognise Majority Rule
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says a decision will soon have to be made on whether or not to make Majority Rule on January 10 a public holiday. Prime Minister Perry Gladstone Christie said Bahamians have tended not to see the importance of celebrating Majority Rule, even though it is arguably the most important event in the country’s…
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War of words between radio personality and PM’s attorney
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A radio announcer has pointed an accusing finger at the attorney for Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as being the source of secret and confidential information about the head of government being aired on a local radio station in December last year. The Integrity in Public Office (IPO) said it has already written to Police Commissioner Daniel…
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