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  • January 17, 2013
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    Gun shots fired at home of former prime minister

    BELMOPAN, CMC – Police were Wednesday searching for the gunmen who fired several shots at the home of former prime minister Said Musa on Tuesday night. Police Press Officer Raphael Martinez said that Musa and family were safe and unhurt and that several shots had been fired at the house in Belize City around 10.pm (local time). “A total of…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    IDB president arrives in Jamaica

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, arrived in Jamaica Wednesday night. Moreno who was met by Finance Minister, Dr Peter Phillips is here to attend the IDB’s second Annual Caribbean Governors Meeting. It will be held today and tomorrow at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

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  • January 17, 2013
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    TCL responds to proposal to remove CET on cement

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – On January 10, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) sent the following response on whether it is concerned that local manufacturers will start to lobby for the removal of the CET on cement: “CARICOM Agreements for Protection of Regional Investment and Manufacturing “The implementation of the common external tariff (CET) by the member states of the Caribbean…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Tourism needs our attention

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Almost all of the countries of this region depend on tourism but the industry does not dominate the economies of all of the Caribbean countries. Jamaica exports bauxite; St Lucia produces bananas and manufactures lights, and Barbados, described as having a well-developed mixed economy also has offshore finance and information services as important foreign exchange earners.…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Estwick: Cassava flour a healthy alternative

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Agriculture, Dr. David Estwick, says that the benefits to be derived from the production and wide utilisation of cassava flour as a substitute for wheat will not only be economical, but health-related as well. Estwick, who is also a medical practitioner, made the comments during a press conference where it was announced that manufacturers in…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Multi-million dollar poultry farm for Antigua?

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) says negotiations are continuing with investors for the establishment of a US$75 million poultry farm here. A statement posted on the government website said the project, which will focus mainly on the export market, will provide direct employment for approximately 800 people. ABIA chairman Dr. McChesney Emanuel has…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    SECRETARY-GENERAL SHARES VISION IN CARICOM VIEW

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moves into its fortieth year of existence, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has shared his vision for the advancement of the regional integration movement placing the Caribbean’s people at its core. In the December 2012 edition of the CARICOM View Magazine now published online at www.caricom.org  the Secretary-General reflects…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    INFECTION FORMS DEADLY COMBINATION WITH HIV

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) What is probably among the most common and most deadly AIDS defining infections in the Guianas, the Amazon and Central America remains largely overlooked. Disseminated Histoplasmosis often mimics tuberculosis which can lead to false “drug-resistant tuberculosis”. The French Guiana AIDS Coordination system has been communicating for over a decade to alert the Caribbean (mainly…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Government and Opposition clash over greater autonomy for Tobago

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday dismissed suggestions that her coalition People’s Partnership government was introducing legislation to grant greater autonomy to Tobago ahead of the January 21 election for control of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). But Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley described the proposed amendment to the Trinidad and Tobago Constitution…

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  • January 17, 2013
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    Stuart: My call

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Asking what the fuss was all about, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart insisted last night that elections would be called when he says so and that the date had been fixed in his mind since the St John by-election two years ago. Giving his “unequivocal and emphatic endorsement” to Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St Michael South East…

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