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First Cuban-built cargo vessel delivered to Venezuela
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — The first multipurpose cargo vessel built in Cuba for Venezuela as part of an ALBA project has set sail to its destination, where it will be put into service by the navy.
The modern steel vessel, built in the DAMEX [...]
Report on REDjet expected by weekend, says Guyana minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — The Ministry of Tourism has been in dialogue since last Friday with REDjet to ensure that Guyana is abreast of the developments taking place within the airline.
Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali said on Monday [...]
Barbados: Task Force Set Up To Pre-Empt Human Trafficking
Government has established a National Task Force for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons.
The 13-member body will be chaired by Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, and will include representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, [...]
Canada: Vote No on Migrant Detention Bill
(Toronto) – A bill that would require mandatory detention for some migrants would violate Canada’s binding international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch said today. In a letter to Members of Parliament, Human Rights Watch said that [...]
UK airlines slam Britain over APD increase
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) — Four of the UK’s leading airlines have slammed planned increases in airline passenger duty (APD), claiming that the planned increase will reduce passenger numbers and hinder economic recovery.
EasyJet, [...]
CARICOM strengthens budding relations with Singapore
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A burgeoning relationship between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Singapore was taken to new heights on Wednesday, with the accreditation of the first plenipotentiary representative of the Southeast Asian country [...]
Jamaica’s rural cocoa industry gets much needed shot in the arm
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s rural cocoa industry will receive a much needed shot in the arm with the official launch of the “Re-Engineering the Cocoa Rural Economy through Agro-processing, Eco-Tourism and Entrepreneurship” Project [...]
Convictions against UN peacekeepers in Haiti do not serve justice, says Amnesty Intl
LONDON, England — A year in jail for three UN Pakistani peacekeepers found guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy is a travesty of justice, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
On 14 March, the UN revealed the three peacekeepers [...]
Catholic archbishop in Cuba ejects dissidents from Havana church
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — The Cuban News Agency has published the full text of a press release from the Archbishopric of Havana on what is described as the illegal occupation of a Catholic church by a group of people in the Cuban capital.
The [...]
Cuba to build three new hospitals in Haiti
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla met on Thursday in Port-au-Prince with President Michel Martelly and members of his cabinet at the beginning of a two-day day official visit to Haiti.
According to Radio [...]
