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  • March 28, 2013
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    Former Venezuelan leader remembered at OECS Assembly

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legislators from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have paid tribute to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, saying that his vision had inspired millions all over Latin America and the Caribbean. “The people of our region will never forget that President Chavez held out his hand in solidarity, brotherhood and friendship and made…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    OECS Assembly Speaker advocates for women in politics

    St. John’s Antigua- Speaker of the House for the OECS Regional Assembly said when it comes to politics, the fairer sex can also be a strong force to reckon with in the sub-region. The conclusion of the OECS Regional Assembly, Tuesday marked the beginning of the organ’s work to guide the region into an integrated future. However, Speaker of the…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    Free movement laws in A&B to be strengthened

    St. John’s Antigua- The key debate at this year’s OECS Regional Assembly was the implementation of the Free Movement of People and Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said the nation’s laws in this regard would be solidified in a matter of months. Spencer acknowledged that most of the seven- member states and two associate member- states have yet to implement free…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    CDEMA to focus on region’s communities

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – For disaster management personnel, the challenge of preparing Caribbean communities is a great one. That is according to the outgoing Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy Collymore. His comments came during an interview with the media yesterday afternoon following a media conference and luncheon in his honour at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    It’s Cameron!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Dave Cameron unseated Julian Hunte as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president yesterday and immediately promised lofty goals aimed at restoring the regional team to the top of world cricket. In a closely fought ballot at the regional governing body’s annual general meeting, the 42-year-old Cameron polled seven votes to Hunte’s five – a result that suggested…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    Grenada to stage referendum on CCJ

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada will hold a referendum in two years to decide on the island’s relationship with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean said Wednesday. Addressing the ceremonial opening of the new Parliament since the February 19 general elections, Sir Carlyle said that the Constitution Reform Committee would be reconstituted and…

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  • March 28, 2013
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    Small states, big problems: size does matter

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOR decades the small developing states of the world, led by the advocacy of Caricom, have been at pains to explain to the world that their economies are very vulnerable to adverse external events, to which they have severely limited capacity for adjustment. On this basis their structural features, inability to attain economies of scale and their…

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  • March 25, 2013
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    Moderate quake rattles

    (Jamaica Observer) – A moderate earthquake has rattled Trinidad & Tobago, causing some alarm, but no reported damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.8 quake struck early yesterday and was centred some 50 miles north east of Roxborough, an eastern town on the tourism-dependent island of Tobago. It was also felt in the Caribbean country of Barbados.…

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  • March 25, 2013
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    Journalist to sue Sports Minister

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Journalist Anika Gumbs-Sandiford has retained former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj as she pursues legal action against Sports Minister Anil Roberts for defamation. “I have been advised by Senior Counsel that the words spoken and published amount to serious slander and libel and would entitle me to be vindicated by the court in respect…

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  • March 25, 2013
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    Thirty-three Haitians land in Jamaica

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Thirty-three Haitians were taken ashore on Saturday afternoon after they were intercepted by Coast Guard officials off the coast of the eastern parish of Portland. The Haitians – 16 adult males, four adult females and 13 children including two infants were spotted by fishermen who alerted the marine police and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). They were…

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