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  • TRANSPORT MINISTERS RECOMMEND RETURN OF CRICKET WORLD CUP HASSLE FREE TRAVEL

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In recognition of the benefits derived from the Single Domestic Space (SDS) during the International Cricket Conference Cricket World Cup in 2007, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Transport are recommending its reintroduction. The Ministers made the recommendation at their just-concluded one-day Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Transportation…

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  • Don’t hold your breath

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The issue of reparations was once more in the news last week when Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines gave a lecture on celebration of the 50th anniversary of the African Unity/African Union and the recognition of Africa Year. His talk at the multi-Purpose Centre in St John’s was on the topic…

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  • Bermuda counts cost as fire-hit cruise ship misses three visits

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda has begun counting the cost after Royal Caribbean, which owns the fire-damaged liner Grandeur of the Seas, confirmed the ship will miss its next six sailings. The Grandeur suffered fire damage as it headed for Coco Cay in the Bahamas on Monday but no injuries were reported. It is not expected to return to service…

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  • No politics in e-mail probe

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The man leading the probe into “emailgate” said yesterday there was no prejudice in the investigation and he will not let politics tarnish his work. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mervyn Richardson, in a brief telephone interview with the Express, said the police did not leak any information to the media, following an interview with Opposition…

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  • Opposition party reiterates call for independent investigator into “emailgate” controversy

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Thursday reiterated its call for a foreign investigator to help determine the authenticity of a series of electronic mail that Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley read out in Parliament last week as it questioned the “independence” of the police in carrying out the investigation. Attorney Faris Al-Rawi…

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  • Barbados to establish Revenue Authority

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados will establish a revenue authority this year because of a number of issues including inconsistencies in revenue collection, particularly at the Customs. Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Chris Sinckler recalled an instance last year, when Barbados was asked to explain to the World Customs Organisations, the discrepancies in revenue collected for goods imported from Japan.…

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  • GraceKennedy eyes Haitian market

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – GRACEKENNEDY has its sights set on entering the Haitian market, as the Jamaica-based conglomerate continues on its mission to grow its international footprint. “Haiti is on our radar. In fact I have gone into Haiti to look at opportunies,” GK Foods CEO Michael Ranglin told shareholders on Wednesday at the company’s annual general meeting in Kingston.

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  • Many injured as fire destroys government building

    PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least 31 people were injured when a fire, believed to have been started through a combustible combination of Clorox and fertilizer, destroyed a government building in the capital. Police said the blaze on Thursday also destroyed other businesses, including a market that sold used clothes, as well as destroying several vehicles that were…

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  • Government announces new fiscal measures to help boost local economy

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has announced a series of fiscal measures it hopes will turn around an economy that recorded slight growth last year but below the nearly three per cent figure that had been projected. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Perry Christie, presenting the 2013/14 “Budget Communication” to Parliament late Wednesday, said the prospects for…

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  • Region against guns: Caribbean committed to fight against weapons and crime

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THIS island’s top cop has revealed steps are being taken – not only on the local front, but regionally – to arrest the problem of gun crimes. Speaking during the hand-over of a hydraulic shears at the Central Police Station from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean…

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