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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Documents expose diplomatic deals between Cuba, Argentine junta

Last Updated on Friday, 21 November 2014, 22:00 by GxMedia Buenos Aires, Nov 21 (EFE).- Documents recently declassified by the Argentine government reveal diplomatic cooperation between Communist Cuba and the right-wing military junta that ruled the South American country between 1976 and 1983. The records, part of a batch of roughly 5,800 documents recently disclosed by Argentina’s Foreign Ministry, show exchanges ...

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Caribbean News Desk radio prog: Obama’s Executive Order not good news for all undocumented immigrants

Last Updated on Friday, 21 November 2014, 21:46 by GxMedia United States President, Barack Obama’s Executive Order that will benefit almost 5 million illegal migrants is not going down well with many others including Caribbean nationals there. The order benefits millions of undocumented immigrants who are living in the United States for at least five years and have American-born children. ...

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Georgetown schools to remain closed Friday

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:25 by GxMedia (Georgetown, November 20, 2014) The Ministry of Education wishes to advise the public that all public  schools in Georgetown will remain closed on Friday, November 21, 2014 to facilitate the sanitization of the facilities.  Meanwhile, schools in Regions 2, 3, and 5 with the exceptions of the Bygeval Secondary school ...

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Brazil negotiates accord with U.S. to develop anti-Ebola serum

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:19 by GxMedia Sao Paulo, Nov 19 (EFE).- Brazil’s Butanta Institute scientific research center is negotiating an agreement with the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a serumagainst Ebola, authorities said Wednesday. The details of the accord were discussed in a meeting authorities from the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo held on Tuesday ...

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Venezuela pledges commitment to Petrocaribe despite oil-price dip

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:16 by GxMedia Caracas, Nov 20 (EFE).- Venezuela pledged at a Petrocaribe meeting here Thursday to continue supplying oil on favorable terms to member states despite a drop in international crude prices.Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez, the former CEO of state oil company PDVSA, stressed at the opening of the gathering that the ...

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CARICOM implements Single Market information project

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:13 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 20 (EFE).- The Caribbean Community is implementing a Trade and Competitiveness information project to facilitate participation in the CARICOM Single Market. For the next five months, the initiative “aims to connect nationals with the information they need to work, travel and do business” in the region, according ...

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Caribbean Development Bank to honor region’s 1st Nobel laureate

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:09 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 20 (EFE).- The Caribbean Development Bank and the University of West Indies will commemorate in 2015 the centenary of the birth of late Saint Lucian economist Arthur Lewis, the Caribbean’s first Nobel laureate. Lewis’ work “continues to generate global interest, particularly in the field of development economics and with ...

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Bahamas still defending new immigration policy

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:06 by GxMedia The Bahamas’ Foreign Minister prepares to brief the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) on his country’s crackdown on illegal immigrants. Addressing the House of Assembly on Wednesday, he continued to fend off local and overseas attacks of the policy that has see mainly Haitians being ...

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Eastern Caribbean telecoms regulator warns Cable and Wireless about competition meltdown

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 22:02 by GxMedia The move by Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus Communications to create a combined business operation is not going down well with the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL). That regulatory body says that the proposed transaction can potentially result in a negative impact on competition and reducing consumers’ choice ...

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Caribbean News Desk radio prog: Guyana flooded; Caribbean Airlines boss takes home US$30K

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 November 2014, 21:40 by GxMedia Thousands of Guyanese in the capital city, Georgetown, and other coastal areas are counting their losses as a result of severe flooding due to heavy rainfall overnight. Many stores and dwellings on lower-flats have been inundated with several inches of water. Public schools in Georgetown and several coastal areas were ...

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