Year: 2013

  • September 4, 2013
    954

    DOMINICA-POLITICS-Government nominates Speaker for post of President

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has confirmed that the Speaker of the Dominica parliament, Alix Boyd-Knights, has been nominated to replace President Eluid Williams when his term expires in October. Williams was elected to the post in September last year with the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) legislators boycotting the event. The UWP later took the…

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  • September 4, 2013
    805

    GUYANA-FINANCE-Guyana says it can be blacklisted for failure to implement CFATF recommendations

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says the country faces the possibility of being declared a “non-compliant jurisdiction” after it was forced to submit a report to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) without legislative support from the opposition. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said that the report, submitted on August 26, will be…

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  • September 4, 2013
    852

    LEAD – BARBADOS-EMPLOYMENT-PM meets with senior public servants to discuss employment issues

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Tuesday held talks with senior public servants amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the Civil Service, Chief Personnel Officer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Civil Service…

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  • September 4, 2013
    1,070

    BERMUDA-EMPLOYMENT-Government insists no residency status for “guest workers”

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government says it will not be renewing the work permits of “guest workers” unless they sign a declaration outlining they have no residency status in the British Overseas Territory. Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said that the Immigration Department would be adopting a “more aggressive” stance on the issue. The new One Bermuda Alliance…

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  • September 4, 2013
    882

    SURINAME-CRIME-President Desi Bouterse breaks silence on arrest of his son

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR). Dino Bouterse  was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thursday at the request of US authorities, just as South American…

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  • September 4, 2013
    961

    ANTIGUA-EDUCATION-CXC to launch Digital Media subject in Antigua

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Following on the successful promotion of the Notesmaster training for teachers in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on this occasion the collaboration is…

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  • September 4, 2013
    855

    CARIBBEAN-AVIATION-LIAT denies newspaper article regarding CPL

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month. The Barbados Sunday Sun newspaper quoted businessman Ajmal Khan as describing the airline service as a “travesty” and that…

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  • September 4, 2013
    845

    CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Caribbean countries urged to adopt united position on Syria

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Meeks, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that his advice to regional governments is…

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  • September 4, 2013
    877

    CARIBBEAN-LABOUR-Barbados to host regional workshop on gender equality

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes. The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”, will be attended by delegates from the 13-member Caribbean countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is being organised by…

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  • September 3, 2013
    964

    Lesson for our legislators in that UK vote on Syria

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for his political life and the legitimacy of his Tory party after Conservative members crossed the dreaded political divide and joined with the Opposition Labour party in voting no to Cameron's plan of participating with the United States in a military strike on Syria. The planned military action is…

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