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Related News ItemsCaribbean needs reform policies — CDB presidentThu, 24 May 2012 08:22:15 -0700
CARIBBEAN countries have been warned that they need to implement a raft of reform policies with immediate effect as the region seeks to overcome the impact of the global economic and financial crisis.
Read More... Derrick elected new president of Caribbean soccer bodyTue, 22 May 2012 19:33:35 -0700
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) has elected Antiguan Gordon Derrick, an official reprimanded in a FIFA ethics probe, as their new president a year after Jack Warner relinquished the post amid corruption allegations. Derrick replaces Haitian acting president Yves Jean-Bart, who assumed the role following Warner's suspension by FIFA last year for an alleged role in the 'cash ...
Read More... Spain cuts aid to Caribbean, S. AmericaThu, 24 May 2012 12:55:16 -0700
BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (UPI) -- All but the poorest of Caribbean and Latin American countries are set to lose Spanish development aid because of the European nation's severe credit crunch and urgent financial requirements in a hard-pressed domestic economy.
Read More... Regional tourism in focusWed, 23 May 2012 10:30:03 -0700
The sixth Tourism Human Resource Conference, organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in association with the University of the West Indies
Read More... UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Provides Small Arms Destruction Equipment to JamaicaFri, 25 May 2012 08:55:13 -0700
NEW YORK | In May 2012, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provided a...
Read More... N.B. writer wins regional Commonwealth Book PrizeTue, 22 May 2012 11:27:54 -0700
Riel Nason, a New Brunswick-based writer, is a regional winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize, recognized in the Canada and Europe category for her debut novel, The Town That Drowned.
Read More... Modest growth for Caribbean countries in 2012Thu, 24 May 2012 09:52:25 -0700
CARIBBEAN countries recorded mixed economic growth last year as they continued to grapple with the fallout from the global economic and financial crisis.
Read More... OECS leaders to meet on CLICOThu, 24 May 2012 14:45:15 -0700
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) whose citizens are affected by the collapse of the Trinidad-based regional
Read More... UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Provides Small Arms Destruction Equipment to the BahamasMon, 21 May 2012 08:23:57 -0700
NEW YORK | In May, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, provided a set of small...
Read More... New Brunswick author Riel Nason wins regional Commonwealth Book PrizeTue, 22 May 2012 12:26:23 -0700
LONDON - New Brunswick author Riel Nason has won this year's Commonwealth Book Prize for Canada and Europe.
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