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CARIBBEAN-EDUCATION-UN urged countries to ensure children complete their education
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 5, CMC - A new United Nations report is calling for “a joint effort across sectors” in ensuring that all children in the Caribbean and Latin American complete their education. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-OECS putting strategies in place to deal with low economic growth
By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 5, CMC – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is putting in place strategies that would allow the sub-regional countries to deal with low economic growth, debt and financial stability, the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner has said. ... Full story
Putting the OECS economic house in order
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 5, CMC – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is putting in place strategies that would allow the sub-regional countries to deal with low economic growth, debt and financial stability, the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner has said. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-POLITICS-New efforts to get National Security Minister removed from coalition government
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 5, CMC – The Congress of the People (COP), the second biggest partner in the four-member coalition government here is likely to debate a motion this weekend calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar to dismiss her National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner. ... Full story
JAMAICA-HEALTH-Jamaica warns of escalating costs to treat non-communicable diseases
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 5, CMC – A senior official of the National Health Fund (NHF) is warning that an increase in chronic lifestyle diseases is costing the agency billions of dollars annually while the government says there is need a multi-faceted approach to fighting the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NDCs) in Jamaica. ... Full story
ANTIGUA-POLITICS-Government insists Chinese funded plant is “brand new”
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Sept 5, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has sought to end the controversy surrounding the acquisition of a Chinese funded multi-million dollar electricity power plant here and blamed un-named persons for keeping “the debate raging and the people confounded with new allegations and the repetition of the old ones”. ... Full story
JAMAICA-CRIME-Police officer charged with murder in death of pregnant woman
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 5, CMC – Police Corporal Dwayne Smart has been charged with murder following the weekend death of a 25 year-old pregnant woman, who was shot and killed in the eastern parish of St Thomas. ... Full story
UNITED STATES-CRIME-Police say two killed during West Indian American Carnival
NEW YORK, Sept 5, CMC - New York police have confirmed that two people. including a Haitian national, were killed and three others injured in violence that erupted during the West Indian American Carnival Parade in Brooklyn on Monday. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-POLITICS-iPads for legislators
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sept 4, CMC – First it was computers for first year secondary school students. ... Full story
BERMUDA-WEATHER-Bermuda knuckles down for arrival of Leslie
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 5, CMC -- Bermuda stepped up preparations for a heavy hit from Tropical Storm Leslie as it continued to take aim at the island, moving slowly north-northwest at two miles per hour in the Atlantic, forecasters said on Wednesday. ... Full story
