With Government moving full steam ahead with plans to make breathalyzer testing part of the law enforcement apparatus, the Royal Barbados Police Force is reporting readiness to implement the measure. This revelation was made by acting Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce who told reporters that his officers were now brought up to speed with regards […]
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Community governance, a fixed single CARICOM roaming rate and a unified regional approach were among the key highlights of Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, when she addressed the opening of the Thirty-First Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference in Barbados, earlier on 18 February […]
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Four French citizens, including a 16-year-old, have been reported missing after a small plane crashed into the sea near the island of Dominica on Sunday. The plane crashed in the sea around 7 pm CET, “shortly after taking off at the Charles Douglas airport in Dominica”, the prefecture for Guadeloupe, to which the four were […]
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The Sixty-Eighth Meeting of the OECS Authority was held at the Headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on February 14th 2020, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Heads of Governments and Representatives of Governments in attendance included: Honourable Gaston Browne, […]
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The rise of exports in the agro-processing sector unlocks exciting opportunities for economic diversification in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). This, according to the latest policy brief published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), entitled `Policy actions to facilitate upgrading of the agricultural sector in Trinidad and Tobago’. According to the […]
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Castle Bruce Primary in the Commonwealth of Dominica received grant funding from the OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme (ELP) to implement an innovative and interactive programme for both students and parents that has delivered positive reading results. As part of the OECS/USAID ELP within the Education Development Management Unit (EDMU) of the OECS Commission, small grants […]
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The OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme (ELP) hosted a regional conference for Education Officers (EOs) to foster a collaborative approach to strengthening the teaching of reading in six OECS Member States (Antigua and Barbuda, The Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). The conference which was held at the […]
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WGN-TV : Six thousand people are being kept on a cruise ship in Italy as one passenger shows symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus, while Russia is shutting its border with China to stem the spread of the outbreak. The number of cases of the virus that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan has shot […]
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Washington, DC, 24 January 2020 (PAHO)- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne today urged countries in the Americas to be prepared to detect early, isolate and care for patients infected with the new coronavirus, in case of receiving travelers from countries where there is ongoing transmission of novel coronavirus cases. “Health services need to […]
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Los Angeles (CNN)Basketball legend Kobe Bryant died Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, sources confirm to CNN. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant was also killed, a source with knowledge of the situation tells CNN. Bryant, 41, and his daughter were expected at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks for […]
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