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PM adds voice to alleged CARICOM embarrassment matter

Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has thrown out any remarks made of Dominica causing embarrassment to its CARICOM counterparts at a recently held meeting in New York. An article published on an online news source, “Caribbean News Now” on September 29… The post PM adds voice to alleged CARICOM embarrassment matter appeared first on Dominica News Online .

CARICOM secretariat clashes with online publication

A war of words has developed between the Guyana-based CARICOM secretariat and online outlet, Caribbean News Now, following the publication of an article entitled “Dominica confuses and embarrasses CARICOM.” Apparently the secretariat is unhappy about the article, describing it as… The post CARICOM secretariat clashes with online publication appeared first on Dominica News Online .

Dominica alleged to have embarassed CARICOM

Dominica has come under scrutiny in a regional news publication for behaviour which it is alleged, has caused “confusion and embarrassment” to other CARICOM) governments. An article which appears in regional online newspaper, Caribbean News Now, states, ” The insistence… The post Dominica alleged to have embarassed CARICOM appeared first on Dominica News Online .

Trinidadian school girl sexually assaulted while dying

A six-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was found in a barrel at her home on Thursday, had been sexually assaulted while unconscious and dying, according to the results of an autopsy done on Friday. Caribbean news website, Caribbean 360, reports Trinidadian… The post Trinidadian school girl sexually assaulted while dying appeared first on Dominica News Online .

Argentina bars two Bermuda-flagged cruise ships

One of the ships barred by Argentina While Dominica and its ALBA colleagues of the OECS have sought to keep away from a controversial decision of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA) to keep Falklands ships away from their ports in solidarity with Argentina over that Latin American country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, another Caribbean country has found itself unwittingly caught up in that dispute. The following article in Caribbean News Now explains why two Bermuda-flagged cruise ships were barred from Argentina : Argentina bars two Bermuda-flagged cruise ships BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Authorities in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province denied entry on Monday to two Bermuda-flagged cruise ships that were seeking to dock in the southern port of Ushuaia, in incidents linked to the political dispute over the Falkland Islands, CNN reported. One of the ships — the Star Princess — departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 18 on a 14-night South America cruise and, because the ship had previously called at Stanley in the Falkland Islands, it was denied entry to Ushuaia.

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