Month: July 2013
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Egypt’s Interim Government Seeks Quick Elections
CAIRO — Seeking to reassure Egyptians and the world about its intention to return to civilian democracy, the military-led interim government on Tuesday laid out a brisk timetable to overhaul Egypt’s suspended Constitution, elect a new Parliament and choose a new president, all in the space of about six months. The release of the new timetable, issued in the name…
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Slow economic activity despite reforms
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba said Monday its economy will fall short of the 3.6 percent goal for growth, an indication that President Raúl Castro’s reforms are generating little new economic activity. According to the official Cuban Communist party newspaper, Granma, despite the forecast, Castro was happy about the report on his reforms of the economy. “We continue advancing, and…
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Opposition leader dismisses statement from acting Police Commissioner regarding “emailgate” scandal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley Monday said he was “Curious” as to how Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams reached a conclusion that e-mails which he read in Parliament purporting to show senior government ministers involved in a plot to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the media were fakes.…
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Central Bank says local economy grew by nearly two per cent during first quarter of 2013
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago economy grew by nearly two per cent in the first three months of the year and Central bank Governor Jwala Rambarran urged local investors to get more involved in the economic future of the oil rich twin island republic. “I commend these business leaders for their vote of confidence in…
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Montserrat to host workshop to save endangered Mountain Chicken
BRADES, Montserrat, CMC– Local, regional and international stakeholders will convene on Montserrat on Tuesday for a four-day workshop to work on a strategy to save the critically endangered Mountain Chicken. The Mountain Chicken recovery programme workshop to be held at the Montserrat National Trust in Olveston, will review activities of the Mountain Chicken project and highlight the current issues of…
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Trade Unions concerned about impact of economy on work force
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The state of the economy will be the focal point of a meeting of trade union officials who have raised concern about how Government paid employees are coping. With a public sector wage freeze in place, the devaluation of the Jamaican dollar and the recent increase in toll rates, the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU)…
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Speaker wants court ruling despite opposition withdrawing motion
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Speaker of the St. Kitts-Nevis National Assembly, Curtis Martin, says he is seeking a court ruling on certain legal matters despite public statements by opposition legislators that they have withdrawn a motion before the High Court regarding the motion of no confidence filed against the government of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas. Martin said by…
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Second LIAT ATR arrives in Antigua
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Another ATR 72-600 aircraft has been received by LIAT. The 68-seater plane arrived in Antigua yesterday at 2:45 pm, a little over three weeks after the first one arrived at the VC Bird International Airport. Six more ATRs will be introduced into LIAT’s fleet and delivery is expected to be complete within a few months.
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Migration group reports significant decrease in displaced families in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says there has been a significant decrease in the number of displaced families in Haiti since a massive earthquake struck the country three and a half years ago. In its latest quarterly Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) for Haiti, the Geneva, Switzerland-based group said about 279,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) or…
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