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Today's top stories
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 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Giving an update on an ongoing independent Metropolitan Police Service investigation in the Cayman Islands, Governor Stuart Jack announced on Thursday that Police Commissioner Stuart Kernohan, and Detective Chief Superintendent John Jones are now under formal investigation. read more... | | 
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of National Security, Senator Col. Trevor MacMillan has encouraged regional Commissioners of Police to establish an exchange programme that facilitates the movement of personnel among forces to assist with fighting crime. The minister identified the drug trade as the main cause of violence. read more... | | 
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 LA JOLLA, USA (Reuters): The United States accused unnamed members of Venezuela's left-wing government on Wednesday of conspiring against neighboring Colombia by supporting Marxist guerrillas. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, the top US diplomat for Latin America, said files discovered... read more... | | 
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 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters): Three people, including a former congressman, were shot and killed as violence marred the close of campaigning before Friday's presidential election in the Dominican Republic, authorities said. Police said the deaths occurred on Wednesday night in Villa Vasquez, read more... | | 
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Other news from around the region
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ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Conservation and Fisheries Department is encouraging the British Virgin Islands community to participate in the various activities for Environment Month celebrated in June under the theme “Protect our environment, safeguard our future”. One of the highlights of the month will be World Environment Day. read more...
Guyana
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s legal affairs ministry’s drafting unit has completed most of the proposed legislative framework that came out of the April 5 Special Heads of Government Conference on Security in Trinidad and Tobago. Head of the Unit Cecil Doorjan says the outstanding pieces will be completed shortly. read more...
 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Following Guyana president Bharrat Jagdeo’s announcement last week of a five percent increase in the salaries of public servants, an additional GY$4,000 monthly cost of living relief and subsidising of flour price, he has moved to have the private sector follow suit. read more...
Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of State with responsibility for Project Implementation and Service Delivery in the Office of the Prime Minister, Daryl Vaz, on Tuesday announced a number of hotel projects for the parish of Portland in Jamaica, which will create employment and contribute to the development of the parish. read more...
 KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, has said that the small and micro business sector in Jamaica will be aided with the provision of better financing options in order to ensure the sustainable development of the sector. $5.5 billion will be made available for development. read more...
Netherlands Antilles
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 THE HAGUE, Netherlands Antilles: The European Commission should take concrete measures to persuade members of the European Union (EU) to cease the discriminatory blacklisting of the Netherlands Antilles. This was the central message of Alex Rosaria, State Secretary of Finance of the Netherlands Antilles. read more...
St Kitts & Nevis
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 CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: A new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed to head the Nevis Tourism authority (NTA). Barbadian, Garcia Thompson-Hendrickson took up office on May 1st 2008. Members of the Board of the Nevis Tourism Authority and staff welcomed the new CEO, who thanked the government. read more...
 BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): Compassion, self-respect, inner peace, religion and racial pride have been identified as the right ingredients for shaping a new Caribbean society. St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas told some 250 persons attending the annual Mother’s Day Gala in New York. read more...
 CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: The final push towards the first export of Sea Island Cotton from Nevis to Japan commenced on Tuesday, when the New River Ginnery cranked into motion after a four-year suspension, to gin 22,000 pounds of raw cotton. The cotton crop was reintroduced in 2007. read more...
US Virgin Islands
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 ST THOMAS, USVI: US Virgin Islands governor John deJongh wrapped up scheduled meetings this week with the senior management of Pernod Ricard at their offices in Paris, France. The governor carried out in depth discussions regarding Pernod’s recent acquisition of Cruzan VIRIL, Ltd. read more...
BUSINESS
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KINGSTON, Jamaica: Caribbean businesses will soon benefit from a new Risk Sharing Guarantee Facility agreement being jointly spearheaded by FirstCaribbean International Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Caribbean businesses will be able to tap into US$200 million in funding. read more...
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) gathered for its annual Leadership Conference May 4-6 in Trinidad and agreed on a number of issues designed to strengthen the national associations and benefit the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) membership throughout the region. read more...
CARICOM
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 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Edwin Carrington is in Peru on the first stop of a three-nation visit to South America. The Secretary-General is in Peru to participate in the Fifth Summit of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean countries. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas will be among four CARICOM Heads of Government attending the Fifth European Union-Latin American and Caribbean (EULAC) Summit which will be held in Lima, Peru on 16-17 May, 2008. read more...
FEATURES
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 BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP): The commander of US Southern Command, Admiral James Stavridis, sought Thursday to reassure Latin American military chiefs that reinstating the US Fourth Fleet in the region posed them no threat. "It is not an offensive force in any way," he told reporters. read more...
OECS
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 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have appointed Dr Efrain Vazquez-Vera as Honorary Consul to Puerto Rico. Vazquez-Vera’s appointment follows the opening of an OECS Puerto Rico Office, in October 2006, which provides Member States with a base. read more...
COMMENTARY
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 There’s no denying that most Chinese took great offense to the human rights protests that stalked and plagued the relay of their Olympic torch around the world. Therefore, one can only imagine the relief they felt when it finally arrived in China, where it was celebrated with unfettered and wholly appropriate jingoism. read more...
 The Diaspora represents a multi-million dollar opportunity for the Caribbean, and maximizing the financial, intellectual and creative potential of this market will take center stage when Counterpart International's Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism (CMEx) opens in Puerto Rico. read more...
SPORTS
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 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): West Indies coach John Dyson believes his team's daunting, imminent challenge against Australia could be the making of his Caribbean team. The Windies face the world champions in the first of three Tests from May 22 with Dyson predicting some of his younger players will seize their opportunity. read more...
 CARSON, USA: Caribbean athletes will continue their preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games when they compete at the 2008 adidas Track Classic at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, on Sunday. In previous years, much of the focus from the media and indeed from the stands has been on the sprinting events. read more...
LONDON, England (AFP): Cricket chiefs are seeking a compromise to salvage Texan billionaire Allen Stanford's multi-million pound investment in English cricket which threatens to run into conflict with the sport's laws. Stanford wants the trademark black bats that have been used in the inter-island Twenty20 tournament. read more...
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