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ST LUCIA-TOURISM-St Lucia brace for bumper cruise ship season
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 2, CMC-St. Lucia is hoping to cash in on an increased number of cruise ship calls this season that tourism official said could result in thousands of additional tourists visiting the island. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-HEALTH-Trinidad to host second regional HIV conference
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 2, CMC –A three-day conference aimed at enhancing the number of public, private and non-governmental entities offering HIV services tailored to the specific needs of migrants and other sectors of the population gets underway in Trinidad on Monday. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-MEDIA-Mission to lobby governments to remove criminal defamation laws
VIENNA, Austria, Jun 2, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), which holds its annual World Congress in Trinidad and Tobago later this month, says it will mount a mission to several Caribbean countries to discuss the issue of criminal defamation. ... Full story
Regional governments urged to put an end to criminal defamation laws
VIENNA, Austria, Jun 2, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI), which holds its annual World Congress in Trinidad and Tobago later this month, says it will mount a mission to several Caribbean countries to discuss the issue of criminal defamation. ... Full story
GRENADA-ENVIRONMENT-Grenada to host course on MEAs
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jun 2, CMC - Grenada will be the venue for the ninth annual course on multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in August. ... Full story
HAITI-AGRICULTURE-Haiti gets multi-million dollar grant to support agriculture policy reform
WASHINGTON, Jun 2, CMC - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing Haiti with a US $15 million grant to assist the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country modernise its agricultural policies and institutions so as to increase farm productivity and competitiveness. ... Full story
UNITED STATES-COURT-Caribbean student sues New York Police Department for millions
NEW YORK, Jun 2, CMC - The parents of a St. Vincent and the Grenadines honour student at an all-girls Catholic high school here say they have filed a notice of claim with the City of New York and the New York Police Department (NYPD) for US$5.5 million in a case of mistaken identity. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-TOURISM-Government considering Tobago a free zone
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Jun 2, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said her administration is considering making Tobago a tax free zone as she acknowledged that tourism is the pillar of the economy of the sister isle. ... Full story
GRENADA-COURT-Lawyers to argue against delay in preliminary inquiry into death of visiting Canadian resident
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Jun 2, CMC – Attorneys in the case of Oscar Bartholomew, the visiting Canadian resident who was allegedly killed while in police custody late last year, are due in court on June 7 to argue whether or not there should be a stay in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the matter. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-ENVIRONMENT-New study on the impact of climate change on the region
WASHINGTON, Jun 2, CMC – The key findings of a study on the impact of climate change on Latin America and the Caribbean will be discussed at a one-day conference here on Tuesday. ... Full story
