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JAMAICA-CARICOM-Jamaica to debate amendment to CARICOM skills legislation
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22, CMC – The Jamaica government is to table amendments to the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, so as to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in other regional countries. Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier, will table the amendments to increase the categories of workers who can apply…
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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-St. Lucia PM wants new development strategy with international financial instituti
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 22, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday began its 43rd Board of Governors meeting here with St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony calling on the international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to develop a new strategic partnership with the region. Anthony, in a wide ranging address to the governors…
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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-CDB president issues warning to regional countries
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Board of Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) began a two-day meeting here with a warning to regional countries that while they urgently need to address their fiscal and debt issues, a narrow adjustment programme will be unsustainable. CDB president Dr. Warren Smith told the opening ceremony attended by several government leaders,…
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Former Justice Minister wants AG sidelined during investigation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former High Court judge Herbert Volney Tuesday called for the removal of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan from office, while police investigate allegations contained in emails purporting to show members of the coalition People’s Partnership government involved in attempts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the media.…
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Former speaker dies on the eve of general election
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Edna Moyle, a founding member of the main opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) died Tuesday, less than 24 hours before voters in this British Overseas Territory go to the polls to elect a new government. Relatives said that the former Speaker of the House and North Side MLA legislator, died at the Cayman Islands…
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T&T, China talk trade, energy
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and new Chinese Ambassador Huang Xingyuan met on Monday to hold discussions on energy and trade relations between Trinidad and Tobago and China, a Ministry release said yesterday. Trinidad and Tobago exported five cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2011, and four in 2012 to China, the release added. Discussions…
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Britain completes review of Montserrat’s Strategic Growth Programme
BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Montserrat has received an improved rating following the end of the final review of the Strategic Growth Programme from Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID). But London has also indicated that Montserrat has work to do in several key areas including tax reforms. According to a DFID statement, the government “sustained its commitment to the reforms…
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Authorities probe the deaths of 12 babies at hospital
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH) says 12 babies have died during the month so far and it has launched an investigation to determine whether the deaths were due to an infection outbreak. In a statement, the hospital said that the investigation is to “determine whether this is an outbreak of hospital-based (nosocomial) infection and if…
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T&T and Guyana poll politics
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – WHILE the three-year-old People’s Partnership Government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday preparing to defeat an opposition no-confidence motion, the 18-month-old administration of President Donald Ramotar in Guyana was pondering the timing of a general election that now seems unavoidable later this year. Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley’s no-confidence motion—debate on which…
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