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Tornado Strikes

JOHN’S, Antigua – Residents made several reports of tornadoes and watersspouts touching down on the island, as Tropical Storm Chantal passed to the south of Antigua yesterday afternoon.

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Southern village hardest hit by storm’s passage

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC -- Tropical Storm Chantal left Dominica with a trail of destruction in the southern part of this Windward island on Tuesday before churning out into the Caribbean Sea and se

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Dominica mopping up after passage of Tropical Storm Chantal

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Electricity was slowing being restored to several parts of Dominica on Wednesday as authorities began the task of counting the cost of the damage caused by Tropical Storm

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Tropical Storm Chantal nears Dominican Republic, Haiti, creating flooding fears

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Chantal roared south of Puerto Rico early Wednesday on a path that will see it pass over the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where authorities warned of possi

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CARICOM OFFICIALS TO RECEIVE TRAINING TO RESPOND TO CBRNE EMERGENCY

Bridgetown, Barbados – July 9, 2013 – INTERPOL and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will be hosting a two-day workshop from Wednesday, July 10 to Thursday, July 11, which

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PM Spencer describes discussion on Reparation as historic

​PORT-OF-SPAIN – Trinidad & Tobago – July 08, 2013……“Reparation is an integral element of our development strategy and the legacy of slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean have severely impai

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Antigua and Barbuda believes that the region requires greater focus on investment strategies as a…

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Trinidad & Tobago – July 08, 2013……Making his contribution to Agenda Item 4 “A Framework for regional Growth and Development”, Prime Minister Dr. Hon.

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Venezuela Confirms Snowden Asylum Request

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's president says that his country has received an asylum request from NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

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Egypt’s Interim Government Seeks Quick Elections

CAIRO — Seeking to reassure Egyptians and the world about its intention to return to civilian democracy, the military-led interim government on Tuesday laid out a brisk timetable to overhaul Egyp

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Slow economic activity despite reforms

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba said Monday its economy will fall short of the 3.6 percent goal for growth, an indication that President Raúl Castro’s reforms are generating little new economic activity

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Freedom park to celebrate Mandela

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -The great South African leader and freedom fighter Nelson Mandela must be celebrated in life and in his ultimate departure of death.

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Central Bank says local economy grew by nearly two per cent during first quarter of 2013

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago economy grew by nearly two per cent in the first three months of the year and Central bank Governor Jwala Rambarran urged local investors to

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Montserrat to host workshop to save endangered Mountain Chicken

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC– Local, regional and international stakeholders will convene on Montserrat on Tuesday for a four-day workshop to work on a strategy to save the critically endangered Mount

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Trade Unions concerned about impact of economy on work force

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The state of the economy will be the focal point of a meeting of trade union officials who have raised concern about how Government paid employees are coping.

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Second LIAT ATR arrives in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Another ATR 72-600 aircraft has been received by LIAT.

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Speaker wants court ruling despite opposition withdrawing motion

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Speaker of the St.

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Haiti sees big money reviving flagging tourism

MONTROUIS, Haiti (AP) — The Club Indigo beach resort north of the Haiti capital was crowded with U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers, diplomats and missionaries on a recent Sunday.

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Migration group reports significant decrease in displaced families in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says there has been a significant decrease in the number of displaced families in Haiti since a massive earthquake

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EDITORIAL - Graduating from what?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - It is not only the election of Doran Dixon to a second stint as president of the teachers' union.

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