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ITU finalises coordination for Caribbean and Central American digital switchover
By DTVE Reporter From DigitalTVEurope The ITU has finalised the coordination process that will enable digital switchover to go ahead in Central America and the Caribbean region. The global telecom body worked with regional regulators the Comisión Técnica Regional de Telecomunicaciones (COMTELCA), the Caribbean Telecommunications…
The Escazú Agreement: An environmental milestone for Latin America and the Caribbean
By Alicia Bárcena Executive Secretary of ECLAC Our societies increasingly demand more and better access to adequate and reliable information, along with more and better opportunities to participate in a meaningful way in the decisions that affect them. To support…
More bad news about vaping
By Dr. Oz and Michael Roizen, M.D. From Newsmax Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. And then after wildfires often come the rains and all-too-lethal mudslides. Well, the same is true for vaping. It turns out that mudslides of information are…
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Caribbean region to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance
By CDEMA (PRESS RELEASE) – The Caribbean region is poised to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and humanitarian service provider, Rescue Global (RG)….
iPhone XS, XR, XS Max: Apple’s three new iPhones replace the iPhone X
BY JESSICA DOLCOURT From CNET They start at $749, $999 and $1,099. Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. These three new iPhones for 2018 officially replace the iPhone X, which Apple pulled from its…
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4 places all ‘Game of Thrones’ fans need to visit By Rowan Kaiser, ‘100 Things Game of Thrones Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die’ From Business Insider Croatia_Dubrovnik_Medieval walls of Dubrovnik Old City on the Adriatic Sea Dubrovnik,…
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Caribbean sugar producers want protection from white sugar imports
By Bert Wilkinson From Amsterdam News With the region no longer enjoying fixed quotas and guaranteed access to the European raw sugar market, the region’s four remaining sugar producers have asked governments to clamp down on refined, or white, sugar…
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Cuban Foreign Minister receives the Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Reproduced courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba (Cubaminrex) Friday, September 21, 2018 — The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, received on Thursday 20th September the Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States…
Spooked camel injures 6 children at Pittsburgh circus
By: Laura Goldman From Care2 You might think that the demise of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus—which announced before it shut down last year that it would no longer use live elephants—would be a wake-up call for…
What can be done for workers in homes?
By Joanna Ewart-James, Freedom United Last week, the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Ms. Urmila Bhoola, released a shocking report[1] on the plight of potentially millions of marginalized migrant women who are domestic workers around the world, too…
