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Decade-old defunct group may be the key to better US-Venezuela ties
BOGOTA -- The 2002 snapshot shows Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro standing on a New England tarmac with his arms draped around U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Rep.
Nicolas Maduro makes first trip to Haiti as Venezuela’s president, after cancelling April visit
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Haiti on Tuesday as the countries began negotiations to figure out ways to renew a special fund that u
Uproar among Trinidad’s politicians
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Following upon revelations emanating from the United States, casting a shadow over the career of Mr Jack Warner, popular politician, heavyweight Minister and close advisor to
Prime Minister hands over electronic equipment as police continue probe
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has handed over computer equipment to the police as investigations continue into allegations that she and senior members of he
St Kitts PM condemns shooting of bank manager
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A prime minister for one of the sister islands in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has condemned the shooting of a bank manager that occurred during an att
FAO director general to visit St. Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva arrives here next month on a two-day visit, Prime Minister Dr.
Jamaica to help African state deal with teenage pregnancy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will provide technical assistance to Burkina Faso in preventing adolescent pregnancies and supporting adolescent mothers.
BUTT OUT - Gov’t announces smoking ban in public spaces
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Describing it as the most far-reaching piece of public health policy undertaken in recent times, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced that as of July 15, no smoking
PM distances his administration from police position on media
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.
Bermuda government accused of “sheer hardheadedness”
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of "sheer hardheadedness" by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two
Opposition accuses police of colluding with ruling party; calls for fresh polls
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) Tuesday accused the police of colluding with the ruling St.
Prime Minister Douglas dismisses opposition statements as “mere propaganda”
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday dismissed opposition claims that he was leading a minority government in St. Kitts-Nevis.
Good news on the information front
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - We could not be happier as we witness what appears to be a serious attempt to bring Antigua & Barbuda fully into the information age.
Region urged to implement fisheries policies
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Dr.
Suriname to host regional ministers meeting on disaster
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The regional Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2013-2023 will be among matters to be discussed when Caribbean disaster ministers meet in Suriname on Fri
Credit Unions want regional governments to change economic growth strategies
PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – The Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU) has ended a four-day international conference here calling on regional governments to regard the co-operative moveme
UN calls for “action on all fronts to end scourge” of human trafficking
VIENNA, Austria, CMC - A week after the United States assailed some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments for not doing enough in addressing human trafficking, the United Nations has called f
Beaches a major driver of the Turks and Caicos economy, but…
KINGSTON, Jamaica - PREMIER Rufus Ewing of the Turks and Caicos Islands yesterday responded to the Jamaica Observer’s June 21, 2013 editorial which criticised the British Overseas Territory for i
T&T ‘hot seat’ for CARICOM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A WEEK from tomorrow Heads of Government of the 15-member Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) should be in Port of Spain for a three-day regular annual summi
