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Outgoing ACS head: Haiti, we¡¦re sorry
By Clint Chan Tack
¡§HAITI, WE¡¦RE SORRY.¡¨ This was the silent apology issued yesterday by outgoing Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretary-General, Prof Norman Girvan for the ACS¡¦ inability to help its strife-torn member nation. Addressing a ceremony at the ACS¡¦ Port-of-Spain headquarters to install his successor, Dr Ruben Silie Valdez of the Dominican Republic, Girvan also lamented that the ACS was unable to help three other member nations ¡X Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and Suriname ¡X resolve their ongoing maritime disputes.
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