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CARICOM defends position on taking rum issue before WTO
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries say they will continue to oppose subsidies being granted to the UK-based Diageo, one of the world’s biggest producers of rum
EDITORIAL: Africa’s stifled growth potential
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Last week African business and government leaders met in Cape Town at the World Economic Forum on Africa to assess the impact of its growing wealth on alleviating poverty a
Environmental groups denounce destruction of Maya archaeological site
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Institute of Archaeology has launched an investigation into the destruction of a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize.
New global order needed
KINGSTON, Jamaica - T TAKES just one relatively small hurricane this season to throw our International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement off course.
Threats to traditional knowledge outlined
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Consultations conducted within the Caribbean region have revealed that there are numerous threats to traditional knowledge (TK).
OAS urging helps focus on T&T party funding
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago should not need the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to admonish this country about the dangers to good government and
Attorney General urges support for anti-money laundering legislation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government is seeking support for the passage of amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act, warning it is in the country’s intere
Government pumping millions into ICT sector
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is pumping an estimated US$20 million in the development of the information communication technology (ICT) sector, Science, Technology, Energy a
Prime Minister to outline budget measures on Tuesday
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Prime Minister Dr.
Dr. Brathwaite: Country has no control
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados should be conscious of its food supply, as the ability to withstand external shocks such as a nuclear accident, major terrorist attack, natural disaster or any int
Climate adaptation measures not expensive, says UWI lecturer
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados may have few excuses as to why it is falling behind in implementing certain climate adaptation measures, but money cannot be one of them.
Caribbean Challenge Initiative to address environmental threats to the region
The Caribbean Summit of Political and Business Leaders, May 17-18, will bring together heads of state and corporate executives to launch Phase II of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) to ad
DON’T BLAME ME
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former controversial Caribbean Airlines (CAL) chairman George Nicholas says he’s not to blame for the company’s present financial state.
Rowley: Air Jamaica bleeding T&T ‘like a chop neck’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday Air Jamaica was bleeding Trinidad and Tobago “like a chop neck”.
Chairman defends board, blames ex-workers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CAL chairman Rabindra Moonan yesterday defended his board’s decisions in the midst of financial challenges.
Government to disclose financial position of Caribbean Airlines
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Finance Minister Larry Howai is expected to detail the financial position of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Tuesday amid media reports that the airline
CARICOM HEADS VEX OVER CAL
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Shareholder governments of the regional airline LIAT say the T&T Government’s subsidy to State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is a violation of the Revised Treaty of
Linking the sightless with the blind
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The aviation industry in the English-speaking Caribbean has always been one that meddling West Indian politicians find irresistible.
No-confidence motion debate on Monday
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Debate on the motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the People’s Partnership Government is set for next Monday.
Canadian minister visiting Caribbean countries
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Canada’s Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonezy arrives here on Tuesday as part of a visit to seven Caribbean countries.
