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Crime costing $200m a year
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago loses more than $200 million in tourism revenue a year because of crime, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. Persad-Bissessar made the statement as she opened discussions at Caricom's Inter-Sessional meeting on strengthening the regional crime and security agenda and architecture in Haiti. Persad-Bissessar is responsible for Crime and Security in the…
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LaRocque wants removal of challenges to CARICOM observing 40th anniversary
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICCOM) leaders began a historic summit here on Monday with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque indicating there is a need to stave off existing challenges to the regional integration movement that is observing its 40th anniversary. LaRocque told regional leaders that there can be no greater indicator, “symbolic and substantive, that Haiti…
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Dissident senators get praise from St Kitts
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – As the nation awaits Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s promised response to the senators who stood up against his government’s Citizenship by Investment (CIP) Act, the senators have been commended for voting with their conscience. Dwyer Astaphan, former St Kitts & Nevis National Security and Tourism Minister, was a guest on OBSERVER Radio’s Big Issues on Sunday.…
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PSOJ warns of massive job losses
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is calling on the Government to immediately review and make changes to aspects of its new tax regime, which it said could do more harm than good to the economy. “The PSOJ is urging the Government to immediately review and change its tax treatment of certain raw material inputs under…
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EDITORIAL – Poor economics, sovereign impotence
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Peter Phillips' public admission twice last week – of sovereign impotence in negotiating an economic support agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – should be powerful motivation for us to finally fix Jamaica's economy. Further, the shame of the circumstance should be another reminder of the need for, if not a catalyst towards, change in our…
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Private sector urged to invest in new global trans-shipment project
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is urging the private sector to support the initiative to develop the country’s global trans-shipment and logistics hub by taking advantage of the potential investment opportunities it provides. Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Anthony Hylton said the development presents diverse prospects for the growth and expansion of the local business environment, and Jamaica’s…
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President denies Delta pull out due to baggage search of former president
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has dismissed suggestions that the US-based airline, Delta Airlines was forced out of the country because former president Bharrat Jagdeo was subjected to baggage checks by the airline. President Donald Ramotar said that no time did his administration move to have Delta out of Guyana, but rather would like the airline to continue…
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