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St Kitts presents stimulus budget

BASSETERRE, St Kitts— Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas Tuesday presented an EC$528.1 million budget to Parliament outlining a reduction in corporate taxes as well as extending several incentive p

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Harnessing Standby Facility to Improve EPA Implementation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A senior Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) official has called upon members of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific State

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International Press Institute to visit region

VIENNA, Austria, (CMC) — The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) says it will visit several Caribbean countries as part of its campaign for the repeal of criminal defamation laws in

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Chavez gone, but family still has clout in Venezuela

SABANETA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Sitting under the shade of mango trees in the childhood backyard of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro kicked off his election campaign

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Korean manoeuvres in a new era

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - To many long-time observers, the current behaviour of the government of North Korea now led by Kim Jong-Un, is reminiscent of Winston Churchill’s 1939 comment

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TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Warner says he will not resign

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 9, CMC – Embattled National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner says he has no intention of resigning from his cabinet post accusing his detractors of trying to pr

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Ja continuing to court other multilaterals, says Phillips

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - STRAPPED for cash and looking forward to signing a US$958-million loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by month end, the Jamaican Government is

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Bermuda Hopes To Bounce Back In 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - Visitor arrivals fell by six per cent in 2012 but new Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell is confident Bermuda can bounce back this year and cash in on a number of marke

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Boycott

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Opposition legislators Tuesday boycotted the presentation of the national budget insisting that the long tabled vote of no confidence in the Dr.

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Stimulating the economy

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.

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HAITI-POLITICS-Haitian Finance Minister resigns with immediate effect

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti’s Finance and Economy Minister Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie resigned Wednesday with immediate effect.

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GRENADA-POLITICS-New Governor General for Grenada

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has named Dr. Cecile La Grenade, a United States trained food technologist, as the Grenada’s new Governor General.

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DOMINICA-ENERGY-Drought may result in higher electricity fees

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica Electricity Company (DOMLEC) is hinting at the possibility of increasing fees to consumers blaming the ongoing drought that is hampering its ability to genera

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Tough challenges ahead

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.

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Contraction

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados Tuesday said that the local economy contracted by 0.4 per cent in the first three months of 2013 and urged the authorities to put “back on

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Region must keep up with technology

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development Donville Inniss says the Caribbean has to keep up with technological changes

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EU putting resources to develop innovative youth

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate -The European Union (EU) is funding programmes and providing resources to ensure that young creative minds are given more opportunities to develop their craft.

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Opposition rejects new moves by Guatemala to claim Belizean territory

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The main opposition People’s United Party (PUP) has rejected the latest move by Guatemala showing Belize to be part of the Central American country.

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Myrie hearing comes to a close in Trinidad

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will give its ruling in the matter of Shanique Myrie against the Government of Barbados at a later date, which is yet to be a

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