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JAMAICA | JA said to be largest suplier of ganja to the United States

WASHINGTON DC, April 10, 2018 - Jamaica remains the largest Caribbean supplier of marijuana to the United States and the Caribbean islands. This is the word from the United States State Department In its 2018 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.

April 11, 2018
Published in Regional Economy

Members of the Haitian Army attend ceremonies for the installation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Haiti at the Ministry of Culture in Port-au-Prince, on February 27, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

HAITI | Leaders of the New Haitian Army Installed

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Tuesday installed the leaders of his country's army, a symbolic step in the impoverished Caribbean country's reformation of a military demobilised 23 years ago after decades of coups and political interference.

March 28, 2018
Published in Caribbean

CARICOM Heads pose for their Official Photo at the conclusion of the Twenty-Ninth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,

CARICOM States sign agreements deepening regional integration movement

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministers wrapped up their Twenty-Ninth Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, today, leaders took the opportunity to sign some five agreements aimed at deepening the CARICOM integration process.

February 27, 2018
Published in Caribbean

US Deputy Secretary of State John J Sullivan pulls out of CARICOM meeting in Haiti

CARICOM | United States 'Dis' CARICOM Meeting in Haiti

WASHINGTON, United States — United States Deputy Secretary of State, John J Sullivan, has cancelled a planned visit to Haiti where he would have held talks with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders who are holding their 29th Intersessional Meeting of Heads of Government on the French-speaking Caribbean island.

February 27, 2018
Published in Caribbean

(CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque Speaking at the 29th Inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government at the Mariott Port-au-Prince Hotel in Haiti.

CARICOM | Secretary General warns against threats of crime to CARICOM’s progress

Port-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. February 26, 2018 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Monday warned regional leaders of the threats that crime and violence posed to a viable and prosperous Community such as the Caribbean.

February 26, 2018
Published in CARICOM

Haitian President Jovenel Moise addresses Opening of the 29th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads in his capacity as CARICOM Chairman.

JAMAICA | Holness in Haiti for CARICOM Intersessional

KINGSTON, February 26, 2018 - The vexing questions of Crime and violence as well as the future of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, CSME, are expected to be among the topics for discussion that will be led by Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness at the 29th Inter-sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Port-au-Prince Haiti.

February 26, 2018
Published in CARICOM

Haiti suspends Oxfam operations pending sex scandal probe

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti on Thursday suspended the operations of British charity Oxfam pending the outcome of its investigation into allegations that its staff sexually exploited Haitians after a devastating 2010 earthquake.

February 22, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG) and head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Sandra Honoré.

HAITI | MINUSTAH to close down in six months

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 12, CMC – The head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH), Sandra Honoré, says the mission will cease operations in Haiti within six months.

April 12, 2017
Published in Latin America

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