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Barbados Shanghai expo booth attracting large numbers 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October. Word of this comes from Marketing Executive of the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA), Bernard Phillips.

Caribbean Development Bank disbursed US124.5 million in first half of 2010 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) disbursed the equivalent of USD124.5 million to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) in the first half of 2010. This is up from the USD105.2 million disbursed for the same period in 2009. At its recently-concluded July meeting...

US files civil charges in Cayman Islands insider trading scheme 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US market regulators on Thursday accused two Texas businessmen in a huge insider trading scheme involving Cayman Islands trusts and companies, saying they reaped undisclosed gains of 550 million dollars. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges...

Ecuador calls for summit to address Colombia-Venezuela row 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador on Thursday called for a presidential summit of the Unasur group of South American nations to deal with the diplomatic breakdown between Bogota and Caracas over Colombian rebels allegedly in Venezuela. "We invite the heads of state to meet so they can directly take on...

Revived regional agricultural policy network to promote agriculture policies sustainability 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Given the void at national levels for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, including the lack of data management systems for policy analysis, the Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN) was this week rebranded as a sustainable regional network.

Commentary: Upgrading ports in Belize 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

It was reported in the news two weeks ago that the people who own the port in Big Creek, which is about forty miles from Dangriga Town, have received millions of dollars to upgrade their port. This is happening when the oil and citrus companies are begging the government to reopen Commerce Beight Pier.

IICA and FAO link up to prepare binational proposal for Haiti and the Dominican Republic 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (IICA) -- The representatives of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) based in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have reached agreement on the preparation of a binational project.

Commentary: Social work - a working tool for the rebuilding of failed states 31 Jul 2010, 12:00 am

President Barack Obama built his career as a lawyer and as a constitutional law professor; yet, his short credential as a social work/cum community organizer was his preferred ticket on the road to the White House. The world has labeled prostitution as the first profession yet the Bible sets social work as the...

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