Month: July 2013

  • July 30, 2013
    869

    COP- Jack’s victory a “dangerous development”

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THE Congress of the People, which vigorously campaigned in support of the United National Congress' candidate for the Chaguanas West by-election, on Monday night issued a statement in response to the election victory of interim leader of the Independent Labour Party, Jack Warner.

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  • July 30, 2013
    950

    Kamla: I don’t believe we have lost

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The gloves are not yet off. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said last night that the United National Congress’ (UNC’s) defeat in the Chaguanas West by-election was no loss and instructed her troops to get ready for the local government elections. In her concession speech at the UNC’s campaign office in Charlieville around 10 p.m. Persad-Bissessar…

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  • July 30, 2013
    826

    JACK ON FIRE

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – It’s a new day in the politics of the country. Jack Warner’s green machine trounced Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s UNC in its heartland of Chaguanas West yesterday, shattering all tribal expectations with an impressive victory. Warner garnered 69 per cent of the votes cast, Ameen 28 per cent and PNM two per cent. The people of Chaguanas…

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  • July 30, 2013
    807

    CARICOM to discuss new initiatives with international aid donors

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Representatives from international development partners (IDP0 meet here on Tuesday for the Third Forum on Donor Coordination involving the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). A CARICOM Secretariat statement said that the meeting presents the opportunity for engagement between the CARICOM Secretariat, Caribbean institutions and IDPs on issues pertaining to regional integration and development. “Specific issues slated for discussion…

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  • July 30, 2013
    876

    CARICOM pleased with growth in intra-regional trade

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – There has been a “significant” increase intra regional trade in 2011, according to the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. It said that intra-regional trade in CARICOM has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the integration movement “and with the share of intra-regional to total trade increasing, on average, in the face of…

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  • July 29, 2013
    785

    Increased trade in the Region a consequence of integration

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Intra-regional trade in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the integration movement and with the share of intra-regional to total trade increasing, on average, in the face of exogenous factors. Despite a dip in 2009, the increase in trade in 2011 was approximately thirty times…

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  • July 29, 2013
    823

    International media group urges Caribbean countries to repeal archaic criminal defamation laws

    VIENNA, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) Monday appealed to Caribbean governments to follow through on commitments to repel archaic criminal defamation laws int heir respective countries. Representatives from the IPI and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM), the region’s umbrella media organisation, visited five Caribbean countries in April. The three week visit to Antigua and Barbuda,…

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  • July 29, 2013
    823

    Carbon travel tax – who benefits?

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two United Nations specialist agencies, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), may this year separately agree a basis on which all carriers by sea and air will limit their carbon emissions. Aviation is reported to be contributing around two per cent of global carbon emissions, and maritime transport more than three…

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  • July 29, 2013
    832

    D-Day is here

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Today is decision day for the people of Chaguanas West. The Elections and Boun­daries Commission (EBC) is expecting 27,045 voters to visit the 14 polling stations today for the Chaguanas West by-election. While the single seat is being contested by five groups, several political pundits say the battle is a one-on-one between the United National…

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  • July 29, 2013
    849

    Telecom company denies massive layoff plans

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) has dismissed suggestions by the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) that it is planning “massive” layoffs. “There is absolutely no truth to the contention that BTC is planning mass layoffs. None.  Zero. I have spoken at BTC team meetings around the country just a few short months ago to…

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