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Opposition party warns against rush to judgement

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Monday cautioned against a rush to judgment in the wake of reports that some of the country's athletes have tested positive

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Five Jamaicans test positive for banned substance

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Two Olympic medalists are among five Jamaicans who have reportedly returned adverse analytical findings for banned performance enhancing drugs at the National Championshi

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Troubling days in the history of modern track and field

KINGSTON, Jamaica - EVEN as Jamaicans received word of the country's best-ever performance at the World Youth Athletics Championships, comes the staggering news that several Jamaican athletes, in

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Opposition MP concerned about rule of law in St. Vincent

NEW YORK, CMC – In the wake of the re-arrest of an opposition senator in St.

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State-owned bank launches billion dollar IPO

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state-owned bank, First Citizens Bank (FCB) will launch its initial public offering (IPO) of more than 48 million ordinary shares on Monday in a move the bank s

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CARICOM ballistics tracking system to help cut case backlog

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes a new ballistic information system will help track down guns used by certain gangs and reduce the backlog of criminal cases across the region.

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PR experts say LIAT missed big opportunity

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Two public relations experts have chided LIAT for its mishandling of a humorous complaint letter, which sparked huge global attention.

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LIAT pilots call off action

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Major disruption to a number of LIAT flights scheduled to depart Antigua today has been averted.

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Don’t delay

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE VALUE OF BARBADOS’ currency could be taking a plunge soon unless Government moves speedily to slash the deficit between its revenue and expenditure.

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World Bank helps Haitian adolescents in skills training

WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Banks says it has aided young, vulnerable women in Haiti in successfully learning new skills in joining the labor force.

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Region to benefit from new UN framework for HIV-AIDS anti-retroviral treatment

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations says the Caribbean will be among several countries to benefit from a new framework that seeks to give 15 million people with HIV/AIDS access to anti-retro

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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/In-Caribbean—push-to-create-no-take-reserves#ixzz2Z7X9hhJl

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Pan–Afrikan Reparations Coalition of Europe (PARCOE) has voiced concern about the approach being taken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in establishing National R

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CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque pose with Singapore's Foreign Minister K Shanmugam (front row centre) on Monday at the beginning of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visi
Singapore launches enhanced technical assistance package for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has stated that “a lot of the economic fallout that too

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In Caribbean, push to create no-take reserves

BLUEFIELDS BAY, Jamaica - YOUNG fish leap in the wake of a warden’s patrol boat as it motors through waters off Jamaica’s southwest coast that are a brilliant palette of blues.

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Learn from the misfortune of others

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME of the comments made following the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal were disturbing, to say the least.

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We must all be prepared for a storm

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When disaster hits in the Caribbean, Barbadians take pride in reaching out to help.

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Vocational training key to future of decent work in the region

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Strengthening training strategies will be the key to meeting the challenges in the labour market in the Caribbean region.

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T&T needs good neighbour policy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Venezuela, now in international headlines as a likely asylum home for US espionage fugitive Edward Snowden, is also worthy of heightened attention in bilateral relations

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Toward a New Venezuela-Caribbean relationship

KINGSTON, Jamaica - SINCE 2005 when the late president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez introduced the PetroCaribe initiative, several Caribbean governments have enjoyed a vital lifeline.

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