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While noting that the Government is taking a series of legislative steps to reduce instances of violence against women and children, Gender Affairs Mi...
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April 25, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP)—Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the "earliest possible" opportunity, th...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A new report by the World Bank has found that middle-income countries, including those in the Caribbean, are in a race ag...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The president of the World Bank unveiled a new simplified corporate "scorecard" Thursday to measure its progress, ah...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The world's 26 poorest economies are facing the most significant debt burden since 2006, the World Bank announced in...
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WASHINGTON, United States — The World Bank says remittance growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) slowed to 7.7 per cent in 2023 reaching US$...
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WASHINGTON, (CMC)— The World Bank Tuesday predicted that economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen to 7.1 per cent this year, with ro...
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June 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has collaborated with the World Bank and the Inter-American Deve...
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May 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman accused of conspiring with her partner to steal her co-worker’s motor vehicle had her bail extended when she appeared in t...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans are being encouraged to participate in environmental protection activities on Labour Day this Friday. Labour Day will be...
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May 21, 2025
Jamaica's poverty rate fell to a record 8.2 per cent in 2023, just more than half or 50.8 per cent below the 16.7 per cent at which it stood in 2021. ...
