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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 29, 2017 (CMC) – A senior government minister says a 30 percent reduction of non-revenue water (NRW) will significantly improve Jamaica’s resilience to drought. “Non-revenue water might not be something we can eliminate, but if we can ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 28, 2017 (CMC) – Caribbean stakeholders say it is time regional countries provide some level of protection to the regional sugar industry, even as they acknowledge the need to modernise the sector as impending changes in Europe ...

By A. D. McKenzie IPS Europe Correspondent PARIS, France March 29, 2017 (IPS) — It’s one of those movie-like spring days in Paris, where blue skies and brilliant sunshine lift spirits after a long, wet, grey winter. Many people are ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, March 29, 2017 (CMC) – The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) says the new Electronic Communication Bill will address unfair competition in the telecommunication sector within the sub-region. Addressing civil society groups, yesterday, as part of the ECTEL ...

GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 29, 2017 (CMC) – The Grenada parliament has given the green light to the controversial Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Inter-Governmental Agreement (FATCA) with the United States. The FATCA legislation demands that foreign banks provide information to ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 28, 2017 (CMC) – The 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) was launched here, on Monday evening, with the Barbados Culture Minister, Stephen Lashley, underscoring the importance of the region’s premier arts festival. He ...

BRAMPTON, Ontario March 28, 2017 — Omar’s desire to ensure that he has all the documents he needs to prove his Jamaican citizenship goes beyond mere nostalgia and his need to maintain a cultural tie to his country of birth. ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer BRAMPTON, Ontario March 28, 2017 — If the long queues at the more than 20 exhibitor booths, inquisitive attendees, and steady flow of people attending the first Jamaica National Group Expo, throughout its seven-hour ...

By Baher Kamal IPS Global Correspondent ROME, Italy March 28, 2017 (IPS) — For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human ...

By Jewel Fraser IPS Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago March 28, 2017 (IPS) — The Trinidad and Tobago government has invested about 74 million dollars in the first phase of a 295-million-dollar project, to encourage more drivers ...