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American activist Randall Robinson died

Published 25 March 2023

Bassetrre 

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PRESS RELEASE Friday, March 24, 2023
(Basseterre, St. Kitts) Randall Robinson, founder and former president of the Washington-DC based foreign policy advocacy organization TransAfrica, and leader of the Free South Africa Movement which galvanized public energies to end apartheid, has died.

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French plan to raise retirement age by two years to 64

Published 16 March 2023

Basseterre

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

By Lucy Williamson & Alexandra Fouché

in Paris and London

France’s government has proposed raising the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030 in a major reform to the pension system.

PM Elisabeth Borne said the changes were necessary to prevent a major deficit in the system in the future.

Reforming pensions was one of President Emmanuel Macron’s main promises when he was first elected in 2017.

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2023 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OPEN DAY DATES REVEALED

Published 13 March 2023

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2023 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OPEN DAY DATES REVEALED


(Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 13th 2023);
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives has officially revealed dates for the highly anticipated Agriculture Open Day 2023.

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British legislator urges Britain to pay compensation to Caribbean for slavery

Published 13 March 2023

Basseterre

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By CMC News

A British opposition legislator, who said he has links to Grenada, is calling on the United Kingdom government to pay compensation to the Caribbean for Britain’s role in the slave trade.

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ACM elects new executive 2023-2025

Published 12 March 2023

Basseterre

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ACM elects new executive 2023-2025

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) on Sunday 12th March, 2023 met in
Georgetown, Guyana at its 11th Biennial General Assembly and elected a new executive
that will function between 2023-2025.

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