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  • February 21, 2013
    737

    EDITORIAL – Be done with the pussyfooting on energy

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Unintentionally, perhaps, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was less than generous with the facts, or the interpretation thereof. But through its wool and waffle we discern an effort to finally get on with the job of delivering new, cheaper electricity-generating capacity to the country and to give the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and its parents…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Antigua & Barbuda to meet with WTO body again

    St. John’s Antigua- Antigua & Barbuda is due before the World Trade Organization (WTO) next Wednesday in a bid to stop the United States “misinformation” over its efforts to resolve the gaming dispute. The country’s trade officials are expected to plead their case before the dispute settlement body in keeping with a statement made by Finance Minister Harold Lovell, last…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Caribbean wants US to comply with WTO ruling

    PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean leaders are calling on the United States to comply with the ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to end the long running dispute with Antigua and Barbuda on internet gaming. In a ruling last month, the Geneva-based WTO allowed Antigua and Barbuda to suspend certain concessions and obligations it has under international…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    ‘Clean sweep would create governance in crisis’ – former AG

    St. John’s Antigua- Two former public servants agree that a clean sweep by any political party in a general election would create a governance crisis in Antigua & Barbuda. Former Attorney General Keith Forde is among those who have commented on the historic victory of the New National Party (NNP) in Grenada. The NNP, led by Dr Keith Mitchell, was…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: The right and duty to vote

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THIS IS THE DAY and now is the moment. Barbadians will cast their vote today to elect an administration to govern the island for the next five years. As a people, we need to appreciate the importance of the vote and not pass on the opportunity, only to complain at a later date, whether in whispers or…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Voters choosing a new government in Barbados

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadians Thursday began casting their votes in a general elections that political observers say could be historic if the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) fails to win a second five year term in power. No government since the island attained its political independence from Britain in 1966 has failed to obtain a second consecutive term, but…

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  • February 21, 2013
    814

    Grenada opens up for business

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Dr Patrick Antoine, the chief economic advisor to the new Grenada Government, yesterday declared the island was open again after Tuesday’s general election at which the New National Party, led by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, won all 15 of the constituencies. Speaking on his way to yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony, Antoine said the main challenge facing…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Mitchell’s second coming

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Tuesday's resounding electoral victory has given Dr Keith Mitchell an emphatic mandate from the people of Grenada to assume the authority and responsibility for leading their country out of its current dire straits. The 15-0 clean sweep by Dr Mitchell's New National Party puts him in the ranks of Caribbean prime ministers who have received…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Observer teams pleased with conduct of Grenada poll

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) is recommending that Grenada undertake a comprehensive review of the Representation of the Peoples Act following Tuesday’s general election in which the main opposition New National Party (NNP) won all 15 seats. According to the preliminary report of the OAS Observer Team that monitored the election, the review should…

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  • February 21, 2013
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    Dr. Naresh Singh’s CARICOM contract to be scrapped

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday announced that has rescinded the appointment of Guyanese development specialist, Dr. Naresh Singh as Deputy Secretary General. But Singh maintained that he has done nothing wrong that warranted such a move and he would leave the region to judge whether his failure to obtain clearances for two or three consultancies…

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