Year: 2013

  • July 16, 2013
    819

    Opposition planning action in support of arrested legislator

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Monday said it will announce by Wednesday what action it will take in support of its member, Vynette Frederick who was arrested last Thursday. Frederick was slapped with nine charges relating to making false declarations, swearing falsely, and fabricating evidence, hours after a magistrate dismissed six charges against…

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  • July 16, 2013
    870

    Talk show host tipped to be new political leader of main opposition party

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Radio talk show host, Lennox Linton, is being tipped to lead the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) as it prepares for the next general elections constitutionally due by March 2015. Linton has already been endorsed as the replacement for former prime minister and party leader, Edison James, who Monday confirmed that he would not be…

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  • July 16, 2013
    759

    Bad weather blamed for mishap involving 12-seater plane

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on Monday. Transport Minister Robeson Benn said that the “plane crashed during bad weather” and the single engine Cessna Caravan “may have (to) be written off”. The Government…

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  • July 16, 2013
    750

    LIAT seeks to assure customers of improved services

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Monday assured the travelling public that it is committed to improving the level of service offered by the airline even as disgruntled pilots warned of “several vexing issues”. The airline did not specifically refer to a statement by the Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), Carl Burke, that…

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  • July 16, 2013
    766

    Eighteen to represent country at Carifesta

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government will be sending an 18-member contingent to the 2013 Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) to be held in Suriname next month. Culture Minister Eleston Adams said the contingent would be representative of all aspects of the local culture inclusive of drama, dance, music, culinary arts and literature. He said Carifesta, to be held from…

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  • July 16, 2013
    828

    CPA conference to focus on threats to Caribbean democracy

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A meeting of parliamentarians from around the region in Antigua & Barbuda later this month will see real examples of threats to Caribbean democracy ventilated. That’s according to Speaker of the House D Gisele Isaac, who said, “I proposed to the broader executive, instead of dealing with theoretical subjects as we tend to do, let’s look…

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  • July 16, 2013
    811

    Mission completed

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will soon be looking for a new ambassador to China. That’s because the second two-year stint of former Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford has ended and he will not be returning to the job. “Sir Lloyd has completed his tour of duty and the process of appointing a new ambassador is ongoing,” Minister of Foreign…

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  • July 16, 2013
    769

    New UN envoy in Haiti from Trinidad takes her post

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations' new envoy to Haiti has begun her post as the head of mission for the peacekeeping force in the Caribbean nation. Sandra Honore of Trinidad and Tobago is taking over from Mariano Fernandez who left the position in January to pursue a possible career in politics. Honore's title is the special representative of the…

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  • July 16, 2013
    759

    Partnership in parlous state

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Any forecast the Chaguanas West by-election campaign outcome will show both the People’s Partnership and the spin-off Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to have been brought low in the course of the exercise. Former MP Jack Warner was moved to renew the unsurpassed electoral mandate received in May 2010. The by-election, triggered by his resignation, was…

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  • July 16, 2013
    860

    PM wants former national security minister investigated

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Monday night called for an investigation into her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner after a newspaper reported that he had solicited millions of dollars from businesses using his ministerial office. Addressing the ruling United National Congress (UNC) Monday night forum in Chaguanas in Central Trinidad, Persad-Bissessar made reference…

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