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Canada warns its citizens about travel to 8 Caribbean nations
By NAN Contributor From Times Caribbean News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Weds. May 3, 2017:The scourge of crime in some Caribbean nations has led the Canadian government to update its travel warnings on Tuesday May 2nd on eight Caribbean nations. Canada’s…
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ECLAC assists Cayman Islands with new national energy policy
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has played a significant role in the formulation of a new National Energy Policy (NEP) recently completed by the government…
Region needs to develop digital financial services sector – CTU President
(CTU Press Release) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – “The ITU, UNECLAC, the CTU, the various bankers’ associations, the central bankers, the anti-money laundering regulators, the digital financial Services technology providers, the cyber security experts and the consumer protection officials…
T&T woman who was found bound, gagged in car trunk charged with wasting police time
By CNC3 From St Lucia News Online CNC3 – The woman who was found bound and gagged in the trunk of a car on Monday, was been charged with wasteful employment of police time. Around 8am Monday morning Reshma Maharaj,…
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New ‘sister sanctuary’ agreement protects whales from New England to the Caribbean
From NOAA Stellwagen Bank sanctuary joins Caribbean sanctuary in humpback whale research, monitoring, conservation May 4, 2017A new “sister sanctuary” agreement signed this spring between NOAA and the government of The Netherlands adds to a network of marine protected areas…
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Tide in the affairs of men – The regional private sector must act now
A little over a month ago I attended two meetings in Europe, and they both underscored the necessity for the Caribbean private sector to urgently reconstitute a representative body that is able to actively engage with, and advocate on behalf…
US: Trump scores healthcare victory in House
From BBC The US House of Representatives has passed a healthcare bill, bringing President Trump’s pledge to repeal and replace Obamacare a stride closer. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) passed with a vote to spare, after weeks of cajoling…
Cartoon of the week
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
No funding for St Lucia border security, says US State Department
By Caribbean News Now contributor WASHINGTON, USA — The US State Department has contradicted assertions made by minister of national security, Senator Hermangild Francis, that the United States government has pledged to fund a proposed new border control entity for…
1.2 million children likely suffer from lead poisoning in the US — but half are undetected
By Rafi Letzter From Business Insider Anyone who knows about public health will likely list the national effort to get poisonous lead out of peoples’ environments as one of the major victories of the last century — alongside the near-eradication of polio, the…
