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Last updated: Friday, July 04 2008 04:24 pm (20:24 GMT)     
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
    
 


 
TS Bertha continues to move westward  
At 2am the system was located near 12.4 north and longitude 22.2 west, just south of the Cape Verde Islands (Source: Weather Underground)   Tropical Depression #2 which formed just before daybreak Thursday EST has intensified to become the second tropical storm of the season.
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Caribbean
Jamaican migrant who died was a native of St. Catherine's
To news consumers around the world, Esmin Green was simply a blue gown-clad figure lying ignored on the floor of a hospital waiting room. But 49 years ago, the dead woman was a cheerful resident of St. Catherine, Jamaica, who served for a while as a teacher while raising six children.
Second earthquake hits off Trinidad
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre on Thursday recorded the second earthquake near Trinidad within the past week.
CARICOM advised on strategy for debt relief requests
Guyana's President Bharat Jagdeo has urged the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to craft a strategy to get the issue of debt relief for the region's countries on the agenda of the Group of Eight (G8) countries.
Caribbean hardest hit by food, energy prices
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Luis Alberto Moreno has reported that rising food and oil prices are hitting the Caribbean more than any other region in the Western Hemisphere.
Grenada, OAS sign election agreement
Grenada has signed an agreement with the Organisation of American States (OAS), formalising the terms under which the Washington-based hemispheric organisation is fielding a team of observers to cover the island's July 8 general elections.
Business
Barbados to reduce impact of cars on environment
Barbados is now officially a part of an internationally recognised environmental campaign aimed at reducing the impact of cars on the environment.
CARICOM sets up $60 million fund to market tourism
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have agreed to set up a US$60 million fund which will be used for marketing the region's tourism as a diverse, single product.
FEATURE: IEA sees oil demand moderating, defends speculators
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its five-year forecast for global oil demand, saying high prices are forcing consumers to leave gas-guzzling vehicles in the garage.
   
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