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BBC Caribbean News in brief
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Hurricane Omar strengthened slightly on Wednesday as it headed towards Puerto Rico and the islands in the north-eastern Caribbean.
The National Hurricane Centre said that Omar is now packing winds of 80 mph and could be upgraded to a category two hurricane within the next 24 hours. A hurricane warning is in effect for the British and US Virgin Islands, Dutch and French St Martin, Saba, St Eustacius, St Barts, Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis. Schools and government offices were closed in St Kitts and Nevis as Omar bore down. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas warned resident living on the western coast line to pay close attention to the progress of the storm and be prepared to move further inland if necessary, a government statement said. There have been no reports of death or injuries in Curacao where Omar passed on Tuesday. Venezuela's Puerto La Cruz oil refinery operations have returned to normal after a Tuesday blackout caused by then tropical storm Omar's passage earlier on Tuesday. Guyana signs Guyana's former ambassador to the European Union (EU) Havelock Brewster has been explaining why Guyana today signed the new Economic Parnetship Agreement (Epa). 15 Caribbean countries, excluding Haiti, signed the controversial trade and investment deal Wednesday morning in Barbados. Guyana, which had originally asked for both special clauses and a review, joined the signatories.
"Despite the intransigence of the European Commission, and the failure of CARICOM partners to cooperate with Guyana in addressing the glaring shortcomings of the CARIFORUM- European Union Economic Partnership agreement, the Government of Guyana has succeeded in getting two important improvements made to the Agreement," Brewster said in a statement issued in Georgetown. The clauses include mandatory evaluation of the costs and other damaging effects of the Epa and some protection for Caricom as it continues to put in place its own single market and economy. Spain-Cuba Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is to visit Cuba next year. This will make him the first European leader to travel to Cuba since 1999. Spain had persuaded the European Union to lift diplomatic sanctions against Cuba earlier this year. |
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