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Leaders trash trade agreements |
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Monday, 06 October 2008 |
UNITED NATIONS – Every September, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders travel to New York to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hoping to influence discussions that could affect their socio-economic development.
The leaders have traditionally used the forum as a platform on which to outline their concerns about trade, climate change and other global issues and this past week, when the 63rd session convened, was no exception.
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South African President resigns |
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Sunday, 28 September 2008 |
Thabo Mbeki has formally resigned as the president of South Africa a
day after accepting a call from his governing party, the African
National Congress to quit.
He announced his resignation last weekend in a televised address,
saying that he had handed a resignation letter to the speaker of the
National Assembly.
He said he would leave his post as soon as a new president was chosen.
Up to press time it was unclear who will succeed Mbeki, but the ANC
appears to favor the parliamentary speaker, Baleka Mbete, as acting
president. Mbeki’s term as president was scheduled to expire next year
April. It is widely believed that the popular current ANC leader, Jacob
Zuma, who was once Mbehi’s protégé, will replace him.
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Airline ditches life vests to save fuel |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 |
TORONTO – In a controversial move, Air Canada's regional carrier, Jazz
is getting rid of life vests for all its aircrafts to lighten the
planes and save fuel.
Now, passengers will be instructed to use the seat cushions for flotation.
The airline’s spokeswoman Manon Stuart defends the move, saying that it
is within Transport Canada regulations, which allow airlines to use
floatation devices in place of life vests, as long as the craft stays
within the stipulated 50 nautical miles of shore.
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Saturday, 23 August 2008 |
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 It has been an Olympics of historic proportions for Caribbean athletes, having earned over 40 medals, led by Jamaica's rainmaker, Usain Bolt, who copped 3 Golds en route to rewriting history.
Leading the pack with 24 medals is Cuba, who has 2 Golds, 11 Silvers and 11 Bronzes. Coming in second is Jamaica with 11 medals, but with the most impressive performance on the track thus far, earning 6 Golds, 3 Silvers and 2 Bronzes and a myriad of broken records and Olympic firsts. The Dominican Republic has 1 Gold and 1 Silver, Trinidad & Tobago has 2 Silvers and The Bahamas earned 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.
Jamaica’s treasure chest of medals in athletics have placed it 12th overall of the 71 countries that have medaled in the games to date, putting them above the United States, who usually dominates on the track. It is definitely a feat for a Caribbean country of 2.8 million people.
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Corruption, lack of funding |
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Saturday, 23 August 2008 |
A new United States report shows improvements in coordinating anti-drug
efforts in the Caribbean and Latin America, but cited corruption and
lack of funding as primary reasons why the countries have not been more
effective.
The report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), released
Friday, identified the Bahamas, Haiti and Jamaica among countries as
the "worst offenders" in the transshipment points for narco-trafficking
in the region.
Others identified were Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.
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