Month: February 2013

  • February 21, 2013
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    Mitchell sworn in as new Prime Minister

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Leader of the New National Party (NNP) Dr. Keith Mitchell was sworn in as prime minister of this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country less than 24 hours after his party swept aside the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in general elections in Grenada. Mitchell, 65, a mathematician, becomes the island’s ninth prime minister since attainting political independence…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish to meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad

    “…the flyingfish has been recognised as the single most important small pelagic species in the southern Lesser Antilles.” BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 – On Friday, 22 February 2013, the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will convene a meeting of seven Caribbean countries currently harvesting the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific name: Hirundichthys affinis), in Port of Spain, Trinidad…

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  • Photo of Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference of Heads Of Government of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 18-19 February 2013, Port-au-prince, Republic Of Haiti
    February 20, 2013
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    Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference of Heads Of Government of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 18-19 February 2013, Port-au-prince, Republic Of Haiti

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, from 18-19 February 2013. His Excellency, Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, presided. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda,…

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  • February 20, 2013
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    Barbadians gearing to elect new government

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 20, CMC – Barbadians go to the polls to elect a new government on Thursday with opinion polls predicting a victory for the main opposition Barbados labour Party (BLP). But Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is telling voters that his ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) ,which won the 2008 general election by an 20-10 margin, is still the…

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  • February 20, 2013
    804

    What does Grenada whitewash mean?

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Newly re-elected Grenadian Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, has one of the more challenging assignments of any political leader in the region. One of the immediate challenges that the Prime Minister faces is to increase the island’s output because, according to the Caribbean Development Bank’s 2012 annual report, output in Grenada fell last year. What’s…

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  • February 20, 2013
    954

    Stanford investors sue Antigua, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

    DALLAS, Texas, CMC – A group of former investors of the Antigua-based Stanford International Bank (SIB) has filed a civil lawsuit here against Antigua and Barbuda and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), claiming that they aided jailed Texas billionaire Allen Stanford in his massive US$7 billion Ponzi scheme. The former investors, calling themselves the Official Stanford Investors Committee, are…

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  • February 20, 2013
    814

    Chavez’s return to Venezuela raises questions

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The announcement of President Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, and the political purposes that motivated his homecoming. Three messages appeared on Chavez's Twitter account early Monday saying he was back, and the government announced that he had arrived at…

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  • February 20, 2013
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    EDITORIAL – The other side of the IMF agreement

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – SHORT OF Jamaica quitting its borrowing habit cold turkey, this newspaper is convinced that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the only game in town. We also believe that given our situation, the deal that has been struck with the IMF is on the best terms that we could get. They are tough, but…

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  • February 20, 2013
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    World Bank commends Jamaican Gov’t

    WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The World Bank has commended the Jamaican Government on recent economic initiatives, including the National Debt Exchange (NDX), to secure the recent staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “I have been listening keenly to the development in Jamaica over the last couple of days and I think what has transpired is a move in…

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  • February 20, 2013
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    A regional perspective on cancer research

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – An individual, rather than regional, solution must be established to combat cancer in the Caribbean. This is according to leading gastrointestinal oncologist, Dr Marcia Cruz-Correa, who was a facilitator at the Cancer Research in the Media workshop, supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In an interview with OBSERVER media yesterday, the scientific director of the…

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