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LocalSkerrit to present an EC$680.7 million budget on Tuesday
July 19, 2016When parliament meets on Tuesday next week, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit will present to the nation a budget of EC$680,798,190 for the fiscal year 2016-2017. The recurrent budget is $367,459,001 ...
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LocalChina Rehabilitates West Coast Road Again
July 18, 2016Letters of Exchange have been signed between the Governments of Dominica and China for rehabilitation of the west coast road.
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WorldRoad accident kills at least six in Jamaica
July 18, 2016KINGSTON, July 16 (Xinhua) -- An overloaded motor vehicle ran off the road and plunged into a river in Jamaica on Saturday, leaving at least six dead and another one ...
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LocalEmancipation Day Walk moves to Sout' City
July 18, 2016To decentralize Emancipation Day activities, the Division of Culture has moved the 2016 Emancipation walk to Grand bay.
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LocalDr. Severin Re-Appointed as Public Orator for The UWI Open ...
July 18, 2016Office of the Director, OCCS, Jamaica. July 10, 2016. Dr. Francis O. Severin has been re-appointed as Public Orator for The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus for ...
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WorldMajor GOP party leaders sit out Trump's Coronation
July 18, 2016CLEVELAND, the United States, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Republican National Convention for the 2016 U.S. election kicked off on Monday with absence of high-profile party leaders as Donald Trump was ...
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WorldZika epidemic could end within 3 years: study
July 16, 2016WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The current Zika epidemic in Latin America is likely to be largely over within three years, a new study showed Thursday.
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WorldU.S.-Cuba political thaw advances, obstacles remain
July 16, 2016HAVANA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a year has passed since Cuba and the United States decided to formally re-establish diplomatic relations after more than 50 years of enmity and ...
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WorldU.S. reports first female-to-male Zika transmission
July 16, 2016WASHINGTON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday it has documented the first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus being transmitted ...
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WorldU.S. Republican Donald Trump picks Mike Pence as running mate
July 16, 2016WASHINGTON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump announced on Friday he had chosen Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.
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LocalUWP plans 1000-man march
July 16, 2016They're taking to the streets again, this time aiming for a thousand men strong.
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LocalMan vanishes
July 16, 2016Unbelievably, in that small southwestern village of Soufriere a man has vanished without a trace. No one has seen him for more than a month, no one knows where he's ...
