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  • February 28, 2013
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    BARBADOS-HEALTH-Barbados has not imported any beef products tainted with horsemeat.

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities Wednesday said that no meat product containing horsemeat had been imported into the country in light of the controversy currently sweeping Europe. Senior Veterinary Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Mark Trotman, said “extensive trace back investigations” had been conducted and to date, none of the identified products had been imported into…

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    TRINDAD-POLITICS-Pressure mounts on Prime Minister to dismiss National Security Minister

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday to dismiss her National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner over the existence of “an illegal Flying Squad” operating in Trinidad and Tobago. Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, in a radio broadcast, disputed statements by Prime Minister Persad Bissessar that she did not know of…

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    ST. VINCENT-MEDIA-PM says he has no intention of closing down radio station

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, insisting that he has no intention of closing down a radio station widely regarded as supportive of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), has nonetheless instructed his lawyer “to pursue the fruits of my judgement” in two defamation cases. Nice Radio Monday paid EC$206,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents)…

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    ST.VINCENT-POLITICS – BBC chair to ensure PM’s complaint is ‘properly pursued’

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The chair of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Trust says he will ensure that a complaint made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves about two BBC journalists “is properly pursued through the BBC complaints process.” Gonsalves wrote to Lord Chris Patten on Friday to complain about the “rude” and “unprofessional” approach of journalists Matthew Hill…

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    ST.LUCIA-POLITICS-Opposition leader calls for removal of UN Ambassador

    CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Feb. 28, CMC – Opposition Leader Stephenson King wants St.Lucia's Ambassador to the United Nations recalled following what he described as an embarrassing ordeal with the island losing its voting rights as a result of outstanding monies owed to the body. King told a news conference Wednesday that the development was an embarrassment not only for the government…

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    GUYANA-LABOUR-Workers on strike demand higher salaries

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Wednesday warned that its members employed at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) would remain off the jobs accusing the company of reneging on the collective labour agreement regarding salaries. “Unless they stick to what is in our agreement like they want us to stick we…

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    ST. KITTS-ECONOMY-Government pleased with economic strategies to date

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minster Dr. Denzil Douglas says St. Kitts and Nevis has approached the challenge of debt-reduction by entering into in-depth, sustained, and ultimately successful negotiations with its creditors. He said his administration had also used a small portion of its assets to create a Special Purpose Vehicle capable of reducing the debt by nearly 50…

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  • February 28, 2013
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    The politics for CARICOM securing 0AS second spot

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – THE ORGANISASTION of American States (OAS) is scheduled to hold its 43rd General Assembly in June when elections will take place for the posts of Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General (ASG). Neither of the incumbents—Secretary General Miguel Insulza, a former Foreign Minister of Chile, and Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, the Suriname-born diplomat and former…

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    University faces grave debt problem

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – THE Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies is asking government to sit down with them and develop a strategy for its growing debt problem. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles maintained that the debt problem began to increase significantly with the death of former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance David…

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    Don’t Depend On Tariffs – EU Ambassador

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – HEAD OF Delegation for the European Union to Jamaica Ambassador Paola Amadei has urged Jamaicans to develop the capacity to compete around the world and not to depend on tariff barriers to make domestic industries relevant. “It is not by applying tariffs that you will develop a competitive industry or a competitive agricultural sector. It has…

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