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Lloyd: Sammy should not have been removed as ODI skipper
TORONTO – Former West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd says Darren Sammy should not have been relieved of his duties as skipper of the regional side for One-Day International matches. Sammy, who has been retained as captain of the Twenty20 and Test teams, was removed as leader of the ODI squad and replaced by Dwayne Bravo, who captained the side…
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Journalist wins case against Trinidad Express newspapers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A reporter, who was dismissed in 2009 for refusing to disclose the source of his information for a story, has been awarded TT$600,000 by the Industrial Court for wrongful dismissal. Darryl Heeralal sued the Trinidad Express after he was dismissed for failing to submit his source to the then editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder on June…
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Demand for slavery reparations deposited at Dutch embassy
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The compensation many descendants of Dutch slavery feel is due to them became official after members of the Committee Reparations Slavery Past Suriname deposited a claim at the Dutch embassy here. “We want to discuss the material and immaterial damage,” said Committee Chairman Armand Zunder as he presented a petition to Dutch charge d'affaires Ernst Noorman.…
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Governments can do better
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Dr Moisés Naím, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a global international relations think tank, was trade and industry minister of Venezuela in the early 1990s and then editor-in-chief of the acclaimed Foreign Policy journal for 14 years. His is a highly respected voice on international politics and economics and, in an article…
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IDB grants aid to strengthen institutional capacity in the Bahamas
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$450,000 technical cooperation grant for strengthening institutional capacity in the Bahamas. The Washington-based financial institution said the grant was made at the request of the Government of The Bahamas. It said the general objective of the technical co-operation is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Office of the…
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CDB funds projects to improve public services’ access
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The seventh cycle of the Guyana leg of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) was launched today to enable projects in vulnerable communities geared towards improving access to basic public services, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The BNTF programme is a direct targeted poverty reduction programme of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) with Guyana and nine…
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Bermuda to get female Deputy Governor
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Bermuda, Britain's most populous Overseas Territory (OT), is to get a female Deputy Governor who has served in the Pitcairn Islands, Britain's smallest OT, Government House announced on Thursday. Governor George Fergusson announced career diplomat Ginny Silva will replace current Deputy Governor David Arkley in December. Silva joined the Diplomatic Service in 1987 having worked previously…
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Mission ends fact finding visit to Turks and Caicos Islands
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) fact finding mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) will present its findings and recommendations to regional leaders when they meet in Trinidad and Tobago next week. The mission, which was headed by Bahamas Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Frederick A. Mitchell was mandated by the regional leaders to review the…
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