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December 20, 2010

Guyana loses all confidence in CARICOM trade negotiator

The government of Guyana has written to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) secretary general Sir Edwin Carrington affirming that it has lost all confidence in senior trade negotiator in the Office of Trade Negotiations Carl Greenidge and will not…

December 20, 2010

French manufacturer says its planes are safe after safety issues raised by Trinidad government

French aircraft manufacturer ATR says its planes are safe and that suggestions made by the People's Partnership government in Trinidad and Tobago that there may be safety issues with its aircraft have no basis in fact. The Trinidad Express…

December 20, 2010

Cuban programme helps 60,000 Guatemalans learn to read and write

A year considered as a year of consolidation for the Cuban “Yes I Can” literacy teaching programme, by way of which some 60,000 illiterates learned how to read and write, is coming to an end in Guatemala. A total of 11 municipalities in that…

December 20, 2010

Dalley lashes US in swirling WikiLeaks drama

THE United States has again found itself in the line of heavy criticism as a result of confidential diplomatic cables published by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and a British newspaper for what appeared to be an attempt four years ago by…

December 16, 2010

Former Guyana lawmaker sentenced to life for terror plot at JFK airport

Abdul Kadir, a Guyanese who formerly served as a lawmaker in Guyana, was on Wednesday jailed for…

December 16, 2010

Five candidates for CARICOM secretary general post

According to reliable sources, five prominent regional nationals have applied to fill the vacancy that will be created at year end, when Sir Edwin Carrington demits office after 18 years in office as secretary general of the Caribbean Community…

December 16, 2010

UN in talks to set up independent panel to probe origin of cholera in Haiti

The United Nations is exploring the establishment of an international scientific panel to look into the source of the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

December 16, 2010

Trinidad government to take action to recover $13 billion in unpaid taxes

The Trinidad and Tobago government is to take garnishee proceedings and file "distraint actions" against residents who do not pay up their rates and taxes. Finance Minister Winston Dookeran said that the unpaid taxes owed to government amount to…

December 16, 2010

Gonsalves sworn in as prime minister of St Vincent

Dr Ralph Gonsalves of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) was on Wednesday morning sworn in as prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines for a third consecutive five-year term. The National Broadcasting Corporation said that about 60 persons,…

December 14, 2010

Cuba opens new cholera treatment centre in Haiti

With the opening of a new centre for cholera treatment in Carrefour, Haiti, the number of such facilities set up by Cuban doctors in an effort to stop the spreading of the disease now totals nine. The Cuban Medical Brigade is working on the…