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Former high-ranking CIDA official takes aim at reports he was target of federal watchdog
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 months ago
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A former federal bureaucrat was about to be named the deputy head of a major international organization in the Caribbean until he was linked to a public service watchdog's finding of gross mismanagement last month. Now, former Canadian International
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Jamaica turned back as many CARICOM nationals as Barbados, CCJ told
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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Thursday March 7, 2013 Livern Barrett, Gleaner Writer A senior Jamaican immigration official yesterday conceded, during the Shanique Myrie trial before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), that there was no significant disparity in the number of
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Ongoing discrimination against J'cans, say lawyers in Shanique Myrie case
Bridgetown :: Barbados | 3 months ago
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But lawyers for the Barbados government have signalled that they will counter with their own data showing that less than two per cent of all Jamaicans who visited that country in the last five years were denied entry. The Jamaican Government joined
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Forging a new horse shoe
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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For the first time, there is a draft resolution with the largest possible consensus on expanding the Security Council. It needs to be put to vote in the General Assembly In a debate on Security Council reform last year, a Russian representative
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Farm theft striking at the heart of development
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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However, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has in its possession a comprehensive study financed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which offers a number of recommendations for arresting this devastating crime...
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To catch a two-footed pest - FAO study and recommendations for tackling farm theft
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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US$321 million annually or an estimated 17.9 per cent of regional agricultural output...There is a failure to recognise the deep-rooted social and economic consequences, with members of the police and judiciary, key players in the fight against farm
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Security centre in TT
Port au Prince :: Haiti | 3 months ago
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday proposed establishing a regional security coordination centre in TT to focus regional efforts to combat common security threats. Addressing a meeting on the regional crime and security agenda at the Caricom Inter-
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Going for growth: on energy
Kingston :: Jamaica | 3 months ago
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For four decades, our average growth rate has hovered around 1%, while similar countries such as Singapore and Barbados grew in the rage of 6-8%. Their citizens now enjoy a higher standard of living as measured by their per-capita income than
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CARICOM backs Patrick Robinson for ICJ election
Kingston :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Patrick Robinson is to be put forward by Jamaica for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The announcement was made on Tuesday by Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister A.J. Nicholson as he addressed diplomats during a Diplomatic
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New Impetus Needed to Complete a Canada-Caribbean Trade Deal
Toronto :: Canada | 4 months ago
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To spur the talks to a successful conclusion, Rourke recommends finding agreements on a few key practical issues first, on which the more general framework for open trade can be built...This would include launching a process to address regulatory
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