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The time has come to take stock

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The time has come for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to take stock of its strategic direction as there was an urgent need for the regional integration movement to redound to an enhanced quality of life for its peoples.

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Day 4: The RORC Caribbean 600

Day 4: The RORC Caribbean 600 has been a special event for all of the competitors. Last night the closest battle in any class was decided and the two remaining yachts racing showed great fighting spirit. This provided a fitting finale to racing in the beautiful, but sometimes brutal waters […]

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NNP CONCERN

The New National Party is deeply concerned with the seemingly constant increases in the price of gas and food items, which is essential for our modern survival – especially for the poor and vulnerable persons in our society. The party also laments the apparent absence of an effective government strategy […]

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Improvements planned for Physical Planning Unit

St. George’s, February 24, 2011 (GIS) – A series of measures is being taken to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Physical Planning Unit (PPU), a government minister has announced. Joseph Gilbert, Minister of Works, Physical Development and Public Utilities, said the measures include a proposal to fill vacant […]

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Ribena Provides Sponsorship for Inter-Primary School Athletics Championship

For another consecutive year, Ribena, through its local distributor Huggins Pharmaceuticals Division, is sponsoring the Inter-Primary School Athletics Championship held by Carriacou and Petite Martinique’s Grenada Union Teachers’ (G.U.T.) Branch. Last Wednesday in Hillsborough, Carriacou, a ceremony officially launching this year’s championship was held, where Mr. Kerwin Noel, Chairman of […]

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‘Blood’ blazes up T&T for Carnival 2011

St. Philip, Barbados – After years of being absent from the Soca Capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Anderson ‘Blood’ Armstrong is back with a bang. The former vocalist of Barbadian super band ‘Square One’ and current Party Monarch of Barbados has been generating quite a buzz and leaving a fiery […]

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Fete with the Saints 2011… A true Trini success!!!

P.O.S. Trinidad – The recent annual, all inclusive soiree ‘Fete with the Saints’ evoked a spirit of supreme festivity on the grounds of Saint Mary’s College, more popularly known as CIC (College of the Immaculate Conception). The prestigious college which has produced some of the country’s most notable citizens such […]

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Fertilizer for banana and other agricultural production

St. George’s, February 21, 2011 (GIS) – Local farmers who have been requesting fertilizer for agricultural production have now had their request met. “The farmers will be very happy to know that we got the chemically blended fertilizer which they have been asking for,’’ Agriculture Minister Denis Lett announced Monday. […]