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CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 23, 2017 (CMC) — Dominica and St. Lucia are two of the latest ‎Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to announce a ban on the imports of corned beef from Brazil. Dominica’s Director of Trade, Matthan J. ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 22, 2017 (CMC) – The RG Group of Companies, today, said it would give its “unwavering support and cooperation to the investigators” probing the explosion that left at least four people dead, more than 20 injured ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 22, 2017 (CMC) – Guyana has refused entry of 2,000 cartons of tuna, imported from China, saying the action was prompted by an Inspector’s report on samples taken from a container, on March 9 this year. The ...

By Siddharth Chatterjee IPS Guest Writer NAIROBI, Kenya, March 21, 2017 (IPS) — Consider this. The communities around the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Moyale-Borona area, have long been associated with internecine violence, extreme poverty, and environmental stress. These have led to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 21, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it expects to table soon in the Parliament, a white paper regarding its new housing program. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, said the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 21, 2017 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government, today, announced that Nobel Laureate, Sir Derek Alton Walcott, who died here last week, will be given a state funeral on Saturday. State funerals are usually reserved for ...

By Busani Bafana IPS Africa Correspondent BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, March 21, 2017 (IPS) — Though key to good health and economic wellbeing, water and sanitation remain less of a development priority in Africa, where high costs and poor policy implementation constrain ...

By Busani Bafana IPS Correspondent DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 21 2017 (IPS) — Though still fearful for her life and the safety of her family, one of the girls who escaped abduction by Boko Haram in Nigeria has appealed ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 21, 2017 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago has joined its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partner, Jamaica, in imposing an immediate ban on the importation and sale of corn beef from Brazil, because of the ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, March 21, 2017 (CMC) – Supporters of former president, Jean Bertrand Aristide, staged a protest here, late yesterday, after reports emerged that he had survived an assassination attempt on his life. “Aristide is unscathed, but a ...