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GRENADA-SUMMIT-New PM pledges commitment to leadership summit
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mar 2, CMC - Newly elected Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has pledged his administration’s commitment to co-host the Leadership Summit for the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) later this year. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-COURT-CCJ to hold sittings in Jamaica and Barbados
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 2, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold its first ever sitting in Jamaica next week to hear evidence from witnesses in the case in which a Jamaican national has sued Barbados. ... Full story
Historic sitting
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 2, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold its first ever sitting in Jamaica next week to hear evidence from witnesses in the case in which a Jamaican national has sued Barbados. ... Full story
BELIZE-BUDGET-Government presents tax free budget
BELMOPAN, Belize, Mar 2, CMC – The Belize government has presented a BZ$934.3 million (One Belize dollar =US$0.49 cents) tax free budget to Parliament on Friday. ... Full story
JAMAICA-RIGHTS-Police uncover child smuggling ring involving another Caribbean country
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 2, CMC – Jamaica police are continuing investigations into a child trafficking ring that they say involves locals as well as people from an un-named British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. ... Full story
UNITED STATES-CRIME-Guyanese national kidnapped, shot and set on fire
NEW YORK, Mar 2, CMC - New York Police say a Guyanese man was kidnapped, pistol-whipped, shot and set on fire as part of a plot to kill the residents of a Queens, New York apartment building. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-CRIME-DPP clears former prime minister of criminal misconduct
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 2, CMC – Former prime minister Patrick Manning has been cleared of any “criminal misconduct” in the construction of a multi-million dollar church. ... Full story
HAITI-CRIME-Amnesty International welcomes Duvalier’s presence in court
LONDON, Mar. 2, CMC – The international human rights group, Amnesty International, says the presence of former Haitian “President for Life” Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier in court on Thursday has brought a “glimmer of hope for the families of those subjected to extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances during his many years in power. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-CRIME-Cousins found gagged and burnt in vehicle as government moves to give soldiers more powers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 2, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police were seeking to determine whether the burnt bodies found in a car in the heights of Arima, east of here on Friday were that of cousins Jerome and Dale Ramsahai. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-TRADE-Trinidad to host EPA model bills meeting
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 2, CMC – A two-day meeting allowing for Caribbean legislative drafters to consider and refine draft model bills intended to give effect to provisions of the Economic partnership Agreement (EPA) signed between the European Union and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) in 2008 will be held in Trinidad and Tobago next week. ... Full story
