St Vincent - Gonsalves praises Chávez
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has reiterated his support for the Venezuelan left-wing president, Hugo Chávez after his country accepted millions of dollars in equipment for the start of construction of an international airport...
Former Barbados minister intervenes in impasse
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Former Barbados gov-ernment minister and pro-minent jurist, Sir Richard Cheltenham, was holding talks with members of the ruling United Workers Party (UWP) as efforts continue to prevent the collapse of the Stephenson King...
Residents urged to seek alternative energy sources
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Dominicans are being urged to acquire private generators to meet their electricity needs after the island's sole supplier, the Dominica Electricity Services Limited (DOMLEC), said it was having difficulty meeting the needs...
T&T aid for Haiti
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC: Trinidad and Tobago will provide US$7 million to Haiti to assist the French Caribbean Community country achieve food security, Haiti's Foreign Minister Jean Renald Clerisme has said."You know that we have a food crisis in Haiti...
Diplomat says global food crisis symptomatic of deeper structural flaws
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): ST Vincent and the Grenadines' ambassador to the United Nations, Camillo Gonsalves, says the current global food crisis is "merely a symptom of deeper structural flaws" in the global economic system and consumerist culture...
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