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  • June 4, 2013
    795

    Regional leaders urged to back loan for LIAT

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are being urged to support a loan application by the regional airline, LIAT, for funds to undertake a re-fleeting exercise so as to sustain its operations and improve services. A CARICOM Secretariat statement said that regional transport ministers who met in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week, have agreed to put…

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  • June 4, 2013
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    CARICOM SG welcomes ruling on CCJ in St. Lucia

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal that St. Lucia does not require to stage a referendum before it joins the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). LaRocque said that in confirming the procedure to be followed by St. Lucia to have the CCJ…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    Repercussions of the Colorado ‘experiment’

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Marijuana has always been on the banned list of drugs. It has been in use for thousands of years. In Jamaica, it is known as ganja, and its cultivation and use have been forbidden by law. Associated with the ganja, is the chillum pipe that is used for filtering the smoke through water. Here in Antigua…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    New salary increases for public workers

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it has started paying public workers salary increases five years after their last hike in wages. The Keith Mitchell government, which came to office in February, complaining of a high national debt and urging the population to help turn around a sluggish economy, said that the new salaries went into effect…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    Antigua pleased with its role in reaching agreement on two human rights conventions

    WASHINGTON, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is pleased with the role it played in the conclusion of the negotiations for two draft conventions dealing with racism and discrimination which will be adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guatemala this week. Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, Joy-Dee Davis Lake, chaired the Working Group that concluded negotiations on…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    Still a priority

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women Multi-Country Office of the Caribbean, made the comments during…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    Police Commissioner warns drug traffickers

    CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC – The annual exercises between law enforcement in the Caribbean and US military ended here on the week end with a stern warning to drug traffickers from St.Lucia's Police Commissioner, Vernon Francois. “St.Lucia is no safe haven for your drug activities,” Francois said while addressing the closing ceremony of the week long “Tradewinds” exercise. He thanked the…

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  • June 3, 2013
    756

    CAL issues ‘of great concern’

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has said the relationship between Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) and the carrier it acquired in 2011, Air Jamaica, is a “great cause of concern for the Jamaican people”. Simpson-Miller made the comment while speaking to reporters yesterday at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, St Ann’s, in response to questions…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    Bar Association rejects former PM’s stance on regional courts

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The president of the Antigua & Barbuda Bar Association (ABBA) has rejected the notion by former Prime Minister Lester Bird that Caribbean courts appear to be leaning towards political leaders. Speaking on OBSERVER media’s Big Issues programme on Sunday, Arthur Thomas decried the ex-PM’s belief and defended what he purports to be the integrity of local,…

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  • June 3, 2013
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    New OECS head welcomes efforts to boost economic growth

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Newly installed Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, yesterday, welcomed efforts to boost economic growth through private sector development across the region. Speaking at the opening of the 57th Meeting of the Authority, Spencer told his colleagues the approach taken in years past, fell short of what is…

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