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Airlines cancel flights ahead of US storm
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - THE big storm heading for the United States Northeast is already disrupting air travel.
Behaviour change key
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In the midst of the election fever heating up Barbadians, one noteworthy occasion passed with very little fanfare – World Cancer Day.
Put locals first!
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - In the effort to address the situation with CLICO, the leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is suggesting that Barbados should begin by focusing on its own p
A dysfunctional image
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Obviously, when we focused, in last Friday’s editorial, on PJ Patterson’s cry from the heart and forthright warning about the perils of neglecting Caricom, we
JAMAICA-COURT- Haitians held by police
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The police in the central parish of Clarendon have four Haitians in their custody, two have been charged with illegal entry.
ST. VINCENT- DEVELOPMENT-
Government confident of accessing millions to complete new international airport KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 8, CMC - The St.
HAITI-MIGRATION-UN refugee agency says Haitians interdicted at sea not screened for asylum
UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the United States and other countries have failed to properly screen Haitian migrants interdicted at sea to as
CARIBBEAN-DEFAMATION-Damning report from International Press Institute on Caribbean
Grenada, CMC - As he gets ready to face an electorate in a general election on February 19, Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is patting himself on the back as it relates to repealing legis
Caribbean organisations call for air passenger tax removal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - Richard J Doumeng, president, Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), and Beverly Nicholson-Doty, chairman, Caribbean Tourism Organization (
To boost regional security US marine general visits T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - United States marine corps general John Kelly, commander of US southern command, who visited Port-of-Spain yesterday, said he was delighted to have
US seizes $2 mln in Bermuda account linked to Mexican official
MCALLEN, Texas, (Reuters) – U.S.
Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared-study
OSLO, (Reuters) - The Amazon rainforest is less vulnerable to die off because of global warming than widely believed because the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide also acts as an airborne fertiliser,
Jamaica looking beyond region for trade opportunities
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will continue to promote technical and economic co-operation with developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as with t
Act Now On Energy - Private Sector Gives Gov’t Ultimatum To Online Policy, OUR Apologises To Paulwel
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - THREE OF the country's leading private-sector groups have given Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) 30 days to lay out a cle
All eyes on next OECS Assembly
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - With a month to go before the second meeting of the OECS Assembly in Antigua, concerns are being raised about its format, in light of previous controversy.
Jamaica gets the nod to train aviation professionals
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Jamaica has been given the green light to train aviation professionals for the global markets, which will need 350,000 pilots and 480,000 mechanics by 2026.
‘UWI’s Intellectual Capital Running Out’ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130207/lead/lead93.…
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - Long admired for world-class academics moulding young minds, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, could be depleted of such individuals in the next few year
On funding UWI
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Whichever of the two main parties is eventually successful in forming the next governing administration on February 22, after the current ostensibly garish and no
CAYMAN ISLANDS-CRIME-Police extend bail of former premier
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Police have extended the bail of ex premier McKeeva Bush to late March this year after he presented himself to law enforcement officers on Tuesday in keeping wi
