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Growth: Moving beyond the talk in the Caribbean
NASSAU, Bahamas (World Bank) -- The Caribbean needs to improve skills training, revitalize investments and increase connectivity (both physical and virtual), if it’s to kick start growth. That was the…
Mursi, Egypt army pledge lives in ‘final…
By Yasmine Saleh and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO | Wed Jul 3, 2013 (Reuters) - Egypt's army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each pledged his life to defy the other as a deadline approached…
French development agency to finance geothermal…
ROSEAU, Dominica (GIS) -- The Agence Francaise De Developpement is prepared to finance the construction of a 15 megawatt geothermal plant in Dominica. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Roosevelt…
Energy, Jubilation, Facts and Figures at St.…
(Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 2, 2013) The room was packed, the anticipation, palpable. And the people kept coming, causing Labour Party organizers to have to, first, find extra chairs from somewhere,…
CARICOM investigates Turks and Caicos-British…
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is an associate member, has sent a…
Vacancy-Research on Caribbean Top Level Public…
The Caribbean Leadership Project is pleased to issue a Call for Research on Caribbean Top Level Public Service Leadership. Results of this research will be presented at the annual CLP Caribbean…
Vacancy for Programme Facilitation Services
The Caribbean Leadership Project is pleased to issue a Call for Programme Facilitation Services from suitably qualified persons for its Leadership Development Programme (LDP) for senior public…
French far-right chief Le Pen loses immunity over…
STRASBOURG, France | Tue Jul 2, 2013 7:59am EDT (Reuters) - The leader of France's far-right National Front lost her right to legal immunity as a European Parliament deputy on Tuesday, exposing her to…
Egypt on the edge after Mursi rebuffs army…
By Shaimaa Fayed and Paul Taylor CAIRO | Tue Jul 2, 2013 (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had…
CARICOM heads to consider new direction
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- The effects of the current economic climate on member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the framework within which the Community can achieve growth and…
Human Remains Found at Belmont Estate
On Sunday 30 June 2013, Police officers of St. Paul Police Station, The Violent Crime Unit, and other police officers responded to a report of human remains found at Belmont Estate. Initial…
Cameron in coalition clash over EU referendum
By Peter Griffiths LONDON | Mon Jul 1, 2013 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron clashed with his coalition partners over the European Union on Monday after they accused him of endangering an…
Dominican beauty wins Miss Carival pageant
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday July 1, 2013 – Leslassa Armour-Shillingford won the Miss Carival pageant here on Friday night, less than two months after she emerged first runner-up in the Miss…
Bad news chasing good money away from the…
Lloyd Nicholas NEW YORK, United States, Monday July 1, 2013 – Some relationships just don’t last too long; some don’t even get started if the other is broke. This is exactly what happened some 10…
Germany says Cold War behavior by U.S. would be…
(Reuters) - The German government said on Monday if media reports of large-scale U.S. spying on the European Union were confirmed, it would be unacceptable Cold War-style behavior between partners who…