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Venezuela’s resource diplomacy after Hugo Chavez: Will politics or economics triumph?
In the past few weeks there has been a lot of speculation in the Caricom and regional media about whether the PetroCaribe programme will survive without President Hugo Chávez. The informal consensus is that the programme will not be terminated abruptly under the administration of acting President Nicolas Maduro; and if he is elected president, the programme could have a…
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Venezuela halts communication with US diplomat
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela has halted communication with a top US diplomat in the wake of President Hugo Chavez's death, hardening its anti-US stance ahead of an election next month. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said yesterday that “any type of contact has been postponed” with US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson, who had reportedly…
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Groping in the dark
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – As in all areas of crime-fighting and, indeed, law and order, successive T&T administrations have fallen short in combating, let alone suppressing, the traffic in illicit drugs. As the United States State Department's latest Narcotics Report reminds T&T, this country has been less than a fully fledged ally in the US-led war on drugs. As…
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Good move, PNP
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People who view politicians with scepticism and a great deal of suspicion are likely to dismiss the People's National Party's (PNP's) desire to address public perception of corruption in politics. Yet, it is a burning issue that the ruling party should be commended for confronting with the hope of correcting in this its 75th year of existence.…
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LABOUR-Government issues veiled threat to striking civil servants
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Wednesday expressed its “most sincere gratitude and appreciation” to civil servants who have defied strike action by their colleagues over demands for increased salaries and have turned out to work. In a statement, the Kenny Anthony administration said that their selfless actions have ensured that vital governmental services to the general…
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Police denied permission to stage candle light vigil outside administration building
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) Wednesday said that Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams had been ill advised when he refused to grant permission to police officers to take a candle light vigil to the police administration building. The PSWA is staging a prayer and candle light procession later on Wednesday night to…
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Jamaican-born legislator calls for more support for illegal Caribbean youths
NEW YORK, CMC – Jamaican-born legislator, Nick Perry, is calling for more support for illegal Caribbean youths in the United States. Perry, a New York State Assemblyman, who represents the predominantly Caribbean 58th Assembly District in Brooklyn, New York, said that he is standing firmly behind the New York State Assembly’s “million dollar commitment” to fund the creation of the…
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Caribbean governments announce transfer of BAICO business to Sagicor
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Eastern Caribbean governments Wednesday said they had finalised an agreement allowing for the transfer of British-American Insurance Company Limited (BAICO) traditional insurance business to Saigicor. In June last year, the government grouped under the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) said they would provide funding to assist in restoring value to the transferring policies as they…
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Urgent meeting to discuss new threat to banana industry
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-Agriculture Ministers from the Windward Islands will be meeting here on Thursday to prepare for another major threat to the still vital regional banana industry. The industry is grappling with the Asian banana disease, described as a new and formidable enemy, which authorities describe as being worse than Black Sigatoka. Officials say the disease is fairly new…
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