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Caribbean countries seeking reparation for slavery

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines does not hide his passion for wanting reparation for slavery, which he describes as a “brutal, exploitative and dehumanising system”. He insists that Caribbean countries do “have a very strong case to put to an appropriate tribunal” and has welcomed the decision of his fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to establish a committee under the chairmanship of the Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to drive the issue.

Get more youth involved

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The world’s population is expected to reach nine billion by 2025. If for no other reason, this fact should place the issue of food and water security at the top of any national agenda. How will all of these people be fed? Will we be able to produce enough food? How will we engage in the type of food economics that will ensure that no one country is wasting its surpluses while other countries remain starved? If we struggle to do this now, how much harder will it be in coming years, unless we change our approach?

EU clueless on Haiti ban of Dominican products, urges talks

Santo Domingo.- European Union ambassador Irene Horejs on Tuesday said Haiti and the Dominican Republic should hold "technical" talks to resolve bilateral trade disputes stoked by Port-au-Prince’s ban on several Dominican products.
Although she urged both countries to live in harmony on the island they share, she noted however that “there are always ups and downs” in any dialogue toward a relationship of coexistence.

CARICOM SG says global crisis impacting heavily on the region

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin La Rocque Tuesday said that the global economic crisis is having a severe impact on the region resulting in stagnation or declining growth rates.
Addressing representatives from international development partners (IDP), who are meeting here for the Third Forum on Donor Coordination involving CARICOM, La Rocque said the fallout from the global crisis that began in 2008 “is still being felt deeply in this region.

Nicholls: Caribbean needs several engines

BRIDGETOWN—Caribbean countries have been warned not to lose sight of the bigger goal of economic transformation and development even as they remain pre-occupied with overall economic growth. Former deputy director of the Central Bank of T&T Dr Shelton Nicholls said Caribbean countries “need to ensure that the strategies and that we are currently grappling with to rekindle economic growth do not just address the immediacy of current challenges but really take us some distance along the road to achieving a sustainable development path”.

Egypt’s turmoil

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – It is undoubtedly the case that the essential structures of authoritarian rule, using the army as a critical instrument of stabilization, were constructed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, in his long period of domination following the military’s abolition of the Egyptian monarchy in 1952, and his takeover of the presidency of the country from General Naguib in 1956.

Taiwanese President to visit St. Kitts-Nevis

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC - President of the Republic of China Ma Ying-jeou will pay a two-day State visit St. Kitts and Nevis as part of a Latin America and the Caribbean tour next month.
A statement from the Taiwanese embassy here said that President Ma will arrive here on August 18 as part of his 12-day visit to allies in the Caribbean and Latin America.

High hopes

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - DESMOND HAYNES and Andy Roberts have achieved much success in cricket for the West Indies.
Now, they will look to do the same for their respective franchises when the Caribbean Premier League’s (CPL) T20 competition begins tonight at Kensington Oval.

3-month timeframe will be met, says chairman

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The board of directors for Caribbean Airlines is on schedule to present its report to the Finance Minister within its three-month timeframe, chairman Phillip Marshall said yesterday.
He added that the board had been undergoing several “immersion sessions” on the critical issues affecting the airline industry to help take the cash strapped national carrier back to black.

King toppled as leader of main opposition party

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Former prime minister Stephenson King was swept out of the leadership of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) after his former tourism minister Allen Chastanet scored a convincing victory in Sunday’s poll.
King, who led the UWP into defeat in the 2011 general elections, was defeated by a 264-99 margin with Chastanet’s “A” Team also securing a clean sweep of all the executive posts at stake.

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