Jamaican government committed to ensuring that athletes remain clean
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Caribbean News Now Sept 2, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The government said it is is constantly seeking to ensure that Jamaica's athletes remain free of prohibited substances. read now...
Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, whilst on an official visit to the United States to meet with members of the Diaspora, used the opportunity to raise his party’s concerns with the US State Department, as it relates to the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project, the Guyana Government, Synergy Holdings Inc. and Sithe Global. This was confirmed by party leader, Raphael Trotman, who in an interview with this newspaper yesterday said that the AFC continues to monitor perturbing developments as regards the two companies, and the possible ramifications should the concerns prove to be justifiable. read on...
At a time of economic decline among the majority of countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and a recognition that the region is battling in an unfavourable milieu in terms of trade, aid and investment, the people of the area naturally look to their governments to devise strategies and mechanisms for improving their condition. read more...
Venezuela breaks ties with Colombia over rebel row
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Caribbean Net News July 23, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia on Thursday in a worsening row over accusations from Bogota that it is providing a safe haven to hundreds of leftist guerrillas. read more...
Caribbean Politicians Need To Identify How to Engage With Britain
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CaribWorldNews July 20, 2010
CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Tues. July 20, 2010: Britain has a new foreign policy. Its coalition government has begun to enunciate a more pragmatic approach that recognises the ways in which the world has changed, political and economic relationships overlap and new centres of power are emerging. read article...
Guyana's president and UN secretary general call for delivery on climate change financing
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Caribbean Net News July 20, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday reiterated the need for world leaders to deliver sizeable financial support to developing countries to fund their efforts in mitigating and adapting to climate change. read article...
Former Suriname dictator looks to have secured presidency
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Caribbean Net News July 20, 2010
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP) -- Former military dictator Desi Bouterse appeared set on Sunday to become president of Suriname after striking an 11th-hour deal with a key bloc of lawmakers. read article...
Ramphal Commission to advise countries on migration
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Kaieteur News July8, 2010
The migration of well-educated and trained nationals from Guyana and the Caribbean and other developing countries has been an ongoing phenomenon, and something Governments have been unable to control. read more...
Sir Ron Sanders among ten to cop Commonwealth eminent group award
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Kaieteur News July8, 2010
Two eminent Caricom nationals were among ten who won the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group Award. They are Guyanese Sir Ronald Sanders, International Consultant, writer and former Caribbean diplomat, and Jamaican Patricia R. Francis, an award-winning leader and business facilitator read on...
Venezuela, Chile to head new Latin American and Caribbean bloc
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Caribbean Net News July 7, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela and Chile will head a new regional bloc that will include all countries in the Americas except Canada and the United States to be inaugurated in July 2011, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. read article...
On April 16, letter writer Abu Bakr wrote in Guyana's Kaieteur News (KN) “There is of course no doubt that Indo-Guyanese, like all Guyanese and indeed people everywhere, have a “mindset” or set of cultural reflexes generated from read letter...
CARICOM examining crop insurance facility under Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture
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Caribbean Net News July 1, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) programme manager for agriculture, Sergio Garcia, says policy makers are likely to come up with an action plan to establish regional crop insurance by the end of this year as part of the implementation of the Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture. read more..
CARACAS,Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's parliament declared on Tuesday that 11 oil rigs seized from US company Helmerich and Payne were now state-owned property, formalizing a move by the government to nationalize them. read..
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has hailed Guyana’s ‘very buoyant’ economy and joined the country’s President Bharrat Jagdeo in announcing that new bridges of economic cooperation will be built between the two countries. read more..
Commentary: Diaspora bonds - a compelling development opportunity for CARICOM nations
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Caribbean Net News June 28, 2010
The idea that Grenada may become the first CARICOM nation to follow the lead of Africa and Asia and issue a government guaranteed Diaspora Bond presents a compelling contract between the current government and the tens of thousands of its immigrants. Such an initiative could lead the way for Caribbean nations to find vast new sources of development funds. read commentary....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed the battle against capitalism as a "key role" shared by Caracas and Damascus on Saturday during a visit with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. read...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana participated at the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Council of Ministers Meeting held in Ouagadougou, Africa on June 17 to 19 where member states echoed the concerns first raised by Guyana about unresolved issues including Most Favoured Nations (MFNs), Rules of Origin, market access and export taxes. read on...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- François Montour, Canadian Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has signalled his country’s satisfaction with the CARICOM/Canada Trade and Development Negotiations. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean welcomed what Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer termed the “re-engagement” of the United States following “an extensive, productive and effective exchange” with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. read article..
Clinton promises U.S. help in Caribbean drug fight
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Guyana Chronicle June 11, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday promised Caribbean nations more help in their battle against drug cartels, which many fear are a growing threat as Mexico's U.S.-backed crackdown forces smugglers to seek alternative routes read more...
Canada to scrutinise Caribbean labour, environment standards
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Caribbean Net news June 9 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) -- A planned trade deal between Canada and the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) will increase scrutiny on the organization's enforcement of labour and environmental laws, Canada said on Tuesday. read...
It was a reminiscent occasion yesterday when Plenipotentiary Representative Designate of Canada to Caricom, Mr Francois Montour, handed over his letter of credence to Secretary General of the Caricom Secretariat, Dr Edwin Carrington. read on...
Guyana's president among three to be honoured in US for environmental efforts
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Caribbean Net News June 3, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo is among three environmental activists to be honoured by the Guyanese and American Business and Professional Council (GABPC) at its “Green Gala” awards dinner on June 24 in New York. read...
Guyana and Venezuela working to begin direct flights
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Caribbean Net News June 3, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana and its South American neighbour Venezuela are in discussions to commence direct flight shortly as part of a plan for strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. tying bundle...
CARICOM continues to advocate for binding agreement on climate change
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Caribbean Net News June 3, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to make use of its diplomatic partnerships with third states to advocate for a legally binding agreement on climate change at the Sixteen Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP-16), scheduled for Mexico later this year. read..
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday forged a new strategic partnership with Finland at the Turkeyen, Guyana, Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, through the accreditation of its first Plenipotentiary Representation to CARICOM, Mikko Pyhälä. read more...
OAS and CARICOM address challenges and opportunities of youth in the Americas
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Caribbean Net News June 3, 2010
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Tuesday held a meeting at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, to discuss ways of collaborating and advancing the agenda of youth in the Americas. read...
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican soldiers and police skirmished yesterday with armed supporters of a fugitive alleged drug lord facing U.S. extradition in the third day of violence that has killed 31 people, mostly young civilians. read more..
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- Running battles between Jamaican authorities and drug gang members turned part of Kingston into a warzone on Monday, with the death toll rising to at least three as gunmen fired on security forces hunting an alleged drug kingpin. read...
First woman prime minister for Trinidad and Tobago
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Caribbean Net News May 25, 2010
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP) -- Kamla Persad-Bissessar was to become the first female prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago as her five-party coalition headed on Monday for a strong victory in snap elections in the former British colony. read news...
Guyana serious about fighting drug trafficking, says minister
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Caribbean Net News May 20, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee at a press briefing on May 18, announced that the pink suitcase drug bust at the JFK Airport in New York signalled the smashing of a major drug trafficking ring that was operating out of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). read on..
Guyana's president defends low carbon development model
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Caribbean Net News May 20, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo says his country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy was crafted out of necessity. He was responding to recent statements by the main opposition party, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) that the proposal is a “sham and a political tricks by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).” read article..
CARICOM presents Chile and Haiti with collected funds for earthquake victims
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Caribbean Net News May 20, 2010
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Permanent Representative of St Kitts and Nevis to the Organization of American States (OAS), Izben C Williams, Wednesday presented the governments of Haiti and Chile funds collected by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the victims of the earthquakes that struck both OAS member countries on January 12 and February 27, respectively. read...
Japan-CARICOM initiative to assess climate change impact on energy
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Caribbean Net News May 17, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Japan-CARICOM Friendship and Cooperation Fund under the Private Sector Fund has approved a US$267,466 project that will ultimately allow energy planners in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to assess the impact of climate change on the sector. read...
Education, foreign services get boost from CARICOM and Brazil relations
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Caribbean Net News May 14, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The education sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will see further development with a commitment from Brazil to expand the number and disciplines of Brazilian lecturers at the universities in the Region. read on..
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General welcomed the Director for Social Resources Division and Public Health of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), William Parr, to the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Monday, for discussions to forge closer relations between the two regions. read...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and its importance for the regional integration process will be the focus of a CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Workshop to be held the 17-18 May 2010 in Saint Lucia. read more..
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington describes the last week of April 2010 as historic in CARICOM’s relations with third States and cooperation generally within a global context. read more...
Chavez says he does not know when he will hand over power
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CaribWorldNews April 29, 2010
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1998, said on Wednesday he did not know when he would hand power, adding that no successor was in sight for now. read...
Caribbean Airlines To Take Over Air Jamaica Operations Saturday
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CaribWorldNews April 29, 2010
CaribWorldNews, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thurs. April 29, 2010: Plans are now solidly in place for Trinidad and Tobago`s Caribbean Airlines to take over the operations of Air Jamaica on Saturday, May 1st. read...
Crime poses a “clear and present danger’ to the Caribbean
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Kaieteur News April 29, 2010
Crime and violence pose a “clear and present danger’ to the Caribbean, Dr Edward Greene, CARICOM’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development, has said. Other security threats, he adds, include drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, trafficking in firearms, migrants smuggling, money laundering and murder. read more...
UK university names Centre for Caribbean Studies in honour of Guyanese philanthropist
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Caribbean Net News April 28, 2010
COVENTRY, England -- The University of Warwick in England has renamed its Centre for Caribbean Studies the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies in honour of the Guyanese philanthropist and businessman. The year 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Centre, one of Europe’s leading institutions for Caribbean scholarship. read article..
CARICOM official calls for new remedies for illicit drugs
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Caribbean Net News April 28, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- “The time has come to consider a change in our approaches to the global fight against drugs. We must act now to find new remedies.” read more..
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Monday a US report was "absolutely false" that Iranian special forces had an increasing presence in his South American nation. read more..
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday said South America's biggest trade bloc and the Caribbean looked on track to be able to sign a free trade deal in the future. read more..
BOGOTA, Colombia' (AFP) -- President Alvaro Uribe lashed out on Monday at "undue interference" in Colombia's elections after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez warned that one candidate's election could lead to war. read on...
Army tackles wildcat gold mines in Venezuela jungle
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Caribbean Net News April 26, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered troops to crack down on wildcat miners who use mercury, chain-saws and high-pressure hoses to strip gold from beneath the South American nation's jungles. read more...
Chavez revolution losing steam in Venezuelan slums
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Caribbean Net News April 23, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - In some of Latin America's largest slums ringing the Venezuelan capital, Cuban doctors vaccinate children, monitor pregnant women and conduct free eye tests where no medical services existed before. read on....
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- A leading Colombian presidential candidate on Tuesday accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of meddling in the nation's May election, the latest flare-up in the Andean neighbors' tense feud. read more..
Functional cooperation high on agenda for CARICOM-Brazil summit
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Caribbean Net News April 21, 2010
GEORGETOWN,, Guyana -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Leaders and the Brazilian Government are set to sign several bilateral agreements in the area of functional cooperation when leaders of the two sides gather in Brasília on April 26 for the inaugural CARICOM/Brazil summit. read article..
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- A singing scientist who says the key to Cuba's agricultural future lies in its agrarian past has become the first Cuban to win a US-based Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's biggest award for grassroots environmentalism. read article..
Venezuela celebrates 200 years, opposition slams Chavez rule
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Caribbean Net News April 20, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela on Monday kicked off celebrations marking 200 years of independence, as opposition groups lamented the state of the country's democracy under the rule of firebrand leftist leader Hugo Chavez. read more..
China lends Venezuela $20 billion, secures oil supply
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Caribbean Net News April 19, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) -- China, the world’s second-biggest oil user, will lend Venezuela $20 billion and form a venture to pump crude from an Orinoco Belt block, President Hugo Chavez said as he promised to meet the Asian country’s energy needs. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sat. April 17, 2010: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday the United States is reengaging with the Caribbean region after drawing down its presence following the 9/11 terror attacks. read on...
Jamaica's private sector encouraged to look at opportunities in the reconstruction of Haiti
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Caribbean Net News April 12, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Former Prime Minister and Special Representative of CARICOM on Haiti, PJ Patterson, has encouraged the local private sector to become familiar with the Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti, with a view to seeing where they can make an input. read on...
UN to transfer 8,000 Haitians to new camp on Saturday
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Caribbean Net News April 8, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The UN will move 8,000 Haitians out of a makeshift camp to a new site almost three months after a huge quake ravaged the country, officials said Wednesday, but many more remain at risk as the rainy season approaches. read on...
Regional officials to discuss strengthening disaster response
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Caribbean Net News April 7, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CDEMA) -- Senior government officials of the Sub-Regional Focal Points (SRFP) under the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) system will meet in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to discuss the strengthening of coordination for disaster response in the eighteen participating states. read more...
Tour of Guyana reveals Harpy Eagles, endless rainforest and authentic indigenous cultures
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Caribbean Net News April 7, 2010
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – The group had already been huddled 80 feet beneath a Harpy Eagle’s nest for more than an hour when it started to pour down rain. It was well past lunchtime, but when asked if they wanted to leave, the keen birdwatchers responded, “We’re not ready to dip on the Harpy.” ‘To dip’ is birding verbiage used when one misses the chance to see a rare bird. The nest appeared empty, but the more the guide Gary talked about seeing the adult female and juvenile Harpies at the nest two days ago, the more the group wanted to wait. read article..
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuba and Iran examined the development of bilateral commercial and economic relations during a meeting in Havana on Monday and Tuesday. read...
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe warned Tuesday of the "enormously damaging" effect of a potential regional arms race following Venezuela's latest purchase of Russian weaponry. read more..
Russian arm sales to Venezuela may top 5 billion dollars
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Caribbean Net News April 6, 2010
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian arms sales to Venezuela may top five billion dollars (3.7 billion euros), Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday, following his visit to Caracas last week. read more...
Russia to help Venezuela's nuclear bid, says Chavez
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Caribbean Net News April 5, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Russia has agreed to help Venezuela set up a nuclear power plant for the "post-oil" era, President Hugo Chavez said as the two countries deepened military, energy and financial ties. read more...
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Russia will cement energy and arms ties with Latin America when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin travels to Caracas this week to meet two of the United States' biggest foes, Venezuelan and Bolivian Presidents Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales. read article..
World raises nearly 10 billion dollars for quake-hit Haiti
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Caribbean Net News April 1, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- The global community on Wednesday pledged nearly 10 billion dollars for Haiti over more than three years to put the quake-ravaged nation back on its feet. read article..
Caribbean Reps, Canada Haiti-Born GG For Donors` Conference
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CaribWorldNews March 31, 2010
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Mar. 31, 2010: Two representatives from the Caribbean Community along with the Haitian-born Governor General of Canada are among the top dignitaries set for the International Donors` Conference for Haiti today read more...
Caribbean Governments Must Seriously Harness Its Diaspora
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CaribWorldNews March 31, 2010
CaribWorldNews, LONDON, England, Mon. Mar. 29, 2010: On or around May 6, the United Kingdom will have a general election. Its outcome is far from certain. Read article...
OAS and CARICOM discuss closer collaboration on youth
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Caribbean Net News March 31, 2010
WASHINGTON, USA -- Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin met Tuesday with CARICOM Assistant Secretary General Edwin Greene to discuss how their respective institutions can work together to strengthen their collaboration and partnership in ..read more..
CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela’s government may face a cash crunch as early as this year as oil production slumps amid stable prices, Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday in a report. read more...
Agriculture, energy, health top Haiti aid priorities for US
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Caribbean Net News March 31, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (AFP) -- The United States will make health, agriculture, energy and security the key planks of its aid to quake-ravaged Haiti, a senior US official said Tuesday on the eve of a UN donors' conference. read more...
CARICOM signals intention to prioritise youth development
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Caribbean Net News March 30, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General on Friday emphasised the “serious intention” CARICOM had placed on prioritising issues pertaining to youth development on the regional agenda. read more...
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -- Donor countries will be asked this week to pledge around 3.8 billion dollars to fund Haiti's ambitious reconstruction program from a devastating earthquake, UN officials said Monday. read more..
Twitter's heady rise has Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in spin
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Tweet this.....
Caribbean Net News March 30, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- A jailed judge "tweets" to her followers from prison. The director of an opposition TV station uses Twitter to denounce a conspiracy to oust him. read on...
Arrests of Chavez critics raises fears over free expression
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Caribbean Net News March 29, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- The arrests of an opposition politician and the owner of a television network for statements critical of the government of President Hugo Chavez has rekindled debate here over free speech and democracy in Venezuela. read more...
Caribbean Youths would leave the Region for better opportunities
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Kaieteur News March 29, 2010
Under the theme, “Eye on the future, investing in youth now for tomorrow’s community,” the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development presented a report which revealed 85 percent of Caribbean youths would leave the region if they had the opportunity to do so. read article..
Haiti's Preval to seek $3.9 billion at UN meeting on rebuilding
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Caribbean Net News March 27, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg) -- Haiti President Rene Preval will join US and United Nations leaders next week in seeking $3.9 billion to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure following the January earthquake that caused more than 200,000 deaths. read article...
Guyana's president says Caribbean is on the verge of bankruptcy
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Caribbean Net News March 27, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo says the Caribbean is on the verge of bankruptcy as many countries are spending more on servicing external debt than their national revenue and has reiterated his call for urgent debt relief by the international financial institutions (IFIs). read article...
Jamaica to assume CARICOM chair in July in place of Haiti
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Caribbean Net News March 22, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica will assume the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in July, instead of Haiti, the Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government decided, recently. ...read on....
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Guantanamo city in eastern Cuba on Saturday, sending residents fleeing into the streets but a local government official said there were no casualties. ..read on...
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- International oil majors have mostly lost interest in investing in Venezuela, Royal Dutch Shell PlC said on Tuesday, following leftist President Hugo Chavez's nationalisation of assets in recent years. read article...
CARICOM wants early release of $30B climate change fund
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Kaieteur News March 17, 2010
Heads of Governments of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have asked for the World Bank help in the early release of US$30B that was earmarked for developing countries for the fight against climate change.... read on...
Guyana's president announces plan to provide further assistance to Haiti this week
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It is in giving that we are rich.....
Caribbean Net News March 17, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Stressing the importance of doing ‘more than lip service’ to the Haitian people, President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed that Guyana will be in a position early this week to provide financial assistance to Haiti to assist with budgetary spending. ...read more...
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CARICOM leaders to tackle socio-economic issues in the region
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An ongoing challenge.....
Caribbean Net News March 16, 2010
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their two-day summit in Roseau, Dominica late Friday having agreed on steps to tackle socio-economic issues confronting their citizens and calling on the international community to... read more....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- UN chief Ban Ki-moon has made his second visit to Haiti since the country's killer earthquake in January to hear the formidable challenges - and progress made by - aid groups. read more...
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Technical conference begins on Haiti reconstruction.... read more...
Guyanese international recording artiste Eddy Grant may take legal action against a British pop band for pirating one of his hits produced in the 1980s....read more...
Haiti earthquake provides opportunity for integration into CARICOM, says former Jamaican PM
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Caribbean net News March 15, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Special Representative to Haiti, PJ Patterson, said the devastation caused by the Haiti earthquake provides the opportunity for the full integration of the country into the Caribbean Community drawing on the best of its history and culture. ... read more...
China delivers Venezuela jets for anti-drugs fight
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He's stepping it up..are they really to fight the drug problem????
Caribbean Net News March 15, 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela on Saturday tested six training and light attack jets bought from China for defense and anti-drugs flights in a deal that dodges an embargo banning sales of US weapons parts to oil exporter Venezuela. read more...
Haiti Leaders Put Rebuilding Price Tag At $14 Billion
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CaribWorldNews March 11, 2010
CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Mar. 11, 2010: Haiti`s two top leaders have put a price tag on the rebuilding efforts of their country and it`s coming in at a whopping $14 billion. read more...
Dominica set to host CARICOM Inter-Sessional on Thursday
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Good to see they need a bit of exposure...
Caribbean Net News March 11, 2010
ROSEAU, Dominica -- There is a heightened sense of anticipation and pride in Dominica as the country prepares to host for the very first time a major CARICOM event - the Twenty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). read more...
Hurricane season poses 'above-normal' threat, say forecasters
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This comes as no surprise. was too quiet last year and the Weather worldwide is already wierd.....
Caribbean Net News March 11, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg) -- The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than last year’s and poses an “above- normal” threat to the US Gulf and East coasts, AccuWeather Inc forecasters said on Wednesday. AccuWeather foresees 16 to 18 named storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. read more...
Long-term food aid risk to Haiti economy, says Preval
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What the...
Caribbean Net News March 9, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- Haitian President Rene Preval plans to tell US President Barack Obama on Wednesday that food aid to the earthquake-devastated Caribbean nation should be stopped because of the risk of damaging its economy. The two men will meet at the White House. read more...
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