Month: January 2022
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Figueira berates Teixeira on sloth over procurement commission candidates
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira yesterday berated government Chief Whip and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs…
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The promised land – a receding dream
Imagining a better future for the Caribbean is not hard, but delivering it is becoming infinitely more complex. The article…
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India’s chauvinist crusade
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – The restrictive, illiberal trend that has come to characterize India over the last five…
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Caribbean community celebrates Kwanzaa
The Caribbean community in New York last Sunday began celebrating Kwanzaa, the seven-day celebration of African-American heritage and culture, which…
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Adams bids Brooklyn ‘a farewell for now’
The day before he was sworn in on Jan. 1 as the new Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams…
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Adams, Barbados PM named Persons of the Year
The Brooklyn-based Everybody’s Magazine has named New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley as Persons…
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Haitian prime minister survives weekend assassination attempt -PM’s office
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the…
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Barbados PM decries the ‘faceless few’: UN
The United Nations said on Dec. 23 that when Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley stood up in front of the…
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Warning against blanket boosters amid vaccine inequity
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programs could prolong the pandemic…
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Caribbean pols pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Two Democratic Caribbean legislators in Brooklyn recently paid tribute to the late Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric of South Africa,…
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