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  • May 22, 2013
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    Wanted: Transparent, professional investigation

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The staggering claims made by Opposition Leader Keith Rowley during the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday exceeded any expectations of politics as usual. Dr Rowley offered a damning trail of alleged e-mail evidence that outlined a sequence of governance misjudgements which include suggestions of an effort at silencing a T&T Guardian…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Response to terrorism not consistent

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As the many hotspots around the world are examined, it is not difficult to reach the conclusion that governing is becoming increasingly challenging for many governments facing the spectre of terrorism. Nigeria, for example, is in a state of war with its local militants Boko Haram, who are wreaking havoc in the north-eastern region. Nigeria launched a…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Tradewinds 2013 to encourage more regional co-operation

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – More than 260 law enforcement and military officials from 14 Caribbean countries and the United States have started a training exercise here focussing on increasing regional cooperation to counter illicit trafficking and eliminate threats to the region. “Our regional threat is not a particular country or specific ideology. I think that we can agree that…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Economist: climate change creating higher food prices in A&B

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Regional economist McCarthy Marie believes a more volatile climate is a major reason residents have to dig deeper into their pockets for basic goods and foodstuff. The former University of the West Indies (UWI) economics lecturer noted price inflation in Antigua & Barbuda is almost completely a result of global pressures. “Given the fact that the…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (IPS) – As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable. For the past six years, the University of Central Florida (UCF) has teamed up with the St. Kitts-based Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) to implement a…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Jamaica concerned about private sector representation at CARICOM

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Jamaican Government has expressing concerns about the inactivity of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), and the vacuum it has created in the representation of the private sector at the regional level. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Arnaldo Brown raised the issue in his sectoral debate presentation…

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Gov’t says no to balance of payment action against T&T

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Ministry of Finance and Planning and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) are against Jamaica using Article 43 of the Revised CARICOM Treaty to address current balance of payment issues with CARICOM. “(They) have indicated that they do not believe it is in the interest of Jamaica to utilise these articles at this time,” Minister of State…

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  • May 21, 2013
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    Owen out!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – FORMER PRIME MINISTER Owen Seymour Arthur is bowing out of elective politics. The most senior member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) told the monthly meeting of the party’s Christ Church West branch Sunday evening that, having given 40 years of his life to the 75-year-old party, he would not be contesting another general election.

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  • May 21, 2013
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    Prime Minister wants police probe of emails

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Monday said she would ask the police to investigate allegations contained in emails read out in Parliament that purport to show members of her government, including herself, involved in attempts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the media. Speaking at a…

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  • May 21, 2013
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    Media react to Opposition Leader email expose in Parliament

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Interim President of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT), Suzanne Sheppard, has described as “very frightening” emails read out in parliament 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. Prime Minister…

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