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Region depends on Obama’s economy fix
KINGSTON, Jamaica – HEAD OF the Economics Division at the University of Technology (UTech), Sharon Nelson, says United States President Barack Obama's feverish push for positive economic growth in his second term in office could provide a glimmer of hope for Caribbean economies. Nelson reasoned that as president of the world's largest economy, Obama's policies are designed to improve the…
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Of pledges and reality on aid for Haiti
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – BOTH THE President of Haiti Michel Martelly, and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, have separately lamented the continuing defaults in aid pledges for the reconstruction of earthquake devastated Haiti. Their interventions to lament this sad reality coincided with the third anniversary of the unprecedented wreckage of a country and single…
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EU continues to fund Caribbean projects
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Despite the economic difficulties in the Eurozone area, the European Union (EU) will continue to fund projects in the Caribbean, Christian Leffler, Director of Latin America Section in the European External Action Service said yesterday. “We will continue to co-operate with all our partners throughout the Caribbean and the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) world.…
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EDITORIAL – CXC at 40: well done!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Those who are wont to decry – and there are many – the quality and efficacy of anything formulated and executed in the Caribbean might give thought to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). The CXC is an institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It sets secondary-school examinations, primarily for students in this region, assuming a place of…
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New party to contest three seats, elects new leader
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The newly formed National United Front (NUF) says it will contest three of the 15 seats in the February 19 general elections and dismissed suggestions that it should be regarded as a breakaway faction of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The party, which held its first convention on Sunday and elected Glynnis Roberts as…
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CARICOM Observer team in Nevis
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – A four member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission arrived here one day ahead of the Nevis Island Assembly elections to monitor the conduct of the poll. The team is led by Jamaican electoral official Pauline Welsh, the Director of Legal Affairs, Development and Research at the Electoral Office of Jamaica. The mission includes former Chairman…
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Premier, Opposition confident of winning NIA polls
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Premier Joseph Parry says his ruling Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) will win four of the five seats at stake in Tuesday’s Nevis Island Administration( NIA) even as his challenger, the Concerned Citizens Movement, (CCM) said it too was confident of taking control of the legislative body. “We are satisfied that we have taken the national debate…
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Opposition PNM sweeps THA polls
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has won a landslide victory in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), with preliminary results showing that the party has won all 12 seats. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, who, along with senior members of her coalition People’s Partnership government, had campaigned heavily in support of the Tobago Organisation…
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