Prime Minister Stuart is new RSS Chairman

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of Barbados has taken over the chairmanship of the Regional Security System (RSS). He was selected to head the regional body at its just concluded meeting in St. John’s, Antigua. Mr. Stuart replaces Errol Cort, the National Security Ministe...
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Ministry to focus on youth in agriculture

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Officials in the Ministry of Agriculture are seeking to formulate a national plan for youth to drive further development within the agricultural sector. The mid-term plan will not only address the current needs of youth involved in the sector, but will also guide th...
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Caribbean nations search for offshore oil amid spill fears

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region increasingly open their seas to oil exploration. From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil compa...
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New options to deal with blackout

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago is to consider establishing another option to provide reliable electricity to customers following last weekend’s power outage that plunged the country into total darkness for more than eight hours. Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine, w...
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Antigua still looking for settlement with US on internet gaming

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says there has been no “substantial progress” with the United States with regards to the long standing internet gaming dispute despite recent rulings in its favour by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Baldwi...
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Antigua hosts money laundering conference

conference ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A two-day meeting allowing for the heads of Financial Intelligence Units from the English-speaking Caribbean to share best practices and experiences in asset forfeiture, money laundering and proceedings of crime, gets underway here on Wednesday. The...
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Trust deficit: Gov’t, IMF and Haiti

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Call me Thomas if you wish, but on this Easter Sunday, what is being resurrected for me is a deep distrust for those who are elected and appointed to govern us. Despite being full of 'knowledge' based on blind faith that Jesus is coming again as a thief in the night, I a...
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Where’s Jamaica’s Gorbachev?

? KINGSTON, Jamaica - The former USSR was a politically aligned collection of previously independent states that did little more than serve the egotistic, power-hungry needs of leaders such as Josef Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, while countering the superpower status of the United S...
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All the best, Mr Cameron

Cameron KINGSTON, Jamaica - Mr Whycliffe 'Dave' Cameron takes the president's chair at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at a most interesting time in the game's development across the region. The recent successes of the senior men's and women's teams have heightened expe...
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Changes and youth in West Indies cricket welcome

welcome KINGSTON, Jamaica - CONGRATULATIONS to Jamaican Wycliffe "Dave" Cameron and Dominican Emmanuel Nanthan at being elected to the ultra-important positions of President and vice president, respectively, West Indies Cricket Board. These are positive examples of youth not at all having been wast...
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