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  • June 17, 2013
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    ‘SENSITIVE’ MATERIAL

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed concerns that handing over her electronic devices to the police investigators may jeopardise national security and has since directed that the investigation only take place in her presence. In a letter to lead investigator, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mervyn Richardson, dated June 10, Persad-Bissessar said in her capacity as…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    US expert says email fake, Opposition Leader reiterates call for independent probe

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A United states information technology expert says the emails purporting to show that members of the Trinidad and Tobago government, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, were engaged in efforts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the media, are false. But Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley,…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Antigua-Venezuela Friendship Association launched

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Thirty years after establishing diplomatic relations, Antigua & Barbuda and Venezuela on Saturday took their already cordial affairs in a new direction. The two independent nations launched the Antigua-Venezuela Friendship Association – a level of co-operation that officials said would help cement the unbreakable bonds between the peoples of the two countries. Venezuelan ambassador to Antigua…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Of pests and pestilences

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – There was a time, before global warming and the advent of modern transportation systems, when strict controls of agricultural and animal products imported into Antigua & Barbuda were rigorously enforced. These efforts seemed to work in keeping our local plants and livestock free from invasive attack. We have recollections where visitors, arriving by air from a…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    FATCA: Will it harm our economy?

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – It now seems that our money is going to be controlled once more by external governments and their regulations. There will be instituted in our banking regulations a requirement for some additional information on clients' funds, and their source of funds, especially if they happen to be citizens of the USA, or simply green card holders. This…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Government re-launch initiative to stimulate local economy

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will re-launch an initiative aimed at stimulating the economy and providing nationals with an opportunity to own their own homes. The Baldwin Spencer government says is in collaboration with the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA), it will re-launch the Construct Antigua and Barbuda Initiative (CAB-I) 2013, on…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Dominican merchants shutter border market to protest Haiti’s ban

    Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dajabón merchants kept Haitians from crossing into the Dominican side  on Sunday, the day before the market held Mondays and Fridays, as part of the called shutdown on Monday organized by the Merchants Association, to protest the ban on eggs and poultry enacted by Haiti’s government. Also turned back were trucks from other towns full of merchandise…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    Get on board

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE report that LIAT has acquired the first ATR 72-600 aircraft as part of a programme to upgrade its fleet is good news for the island-hopping airline. But as the Caribbean air carrier embarks on this project, which is costly but necessary, now is the time for other islands which are not part of the LIAT shareholding,…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    UN General Assembly elects John Ashe as envoy president

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda’s ambassador to the United Nations, John William Ashe, was elected president of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday. The one-year presidency of UNGA rotates among regions, with the 68th session being the turn of the Latin American and Caribbean regional group, and Ashe the unanimous choice. The president-elect…

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  • June 17, 2013
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    ATR 72-600 Lands In Antigua

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The arrival of the first new 68-seat LIAT ATR 72-600 aircraft at the VC Bird International Airport yesterday was hailed a “game changer” by LIAT Chief Executive Officer Ian Brunton. Brunton said by updating the fleet, the airline will be able to lower fares, but not before 2015 at least. “With airlines, the operating costs are…

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