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  • January 30, 2013
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    Barbados to elect new government on February 21

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadians go to the polls on February 21 to elect a new government ended months of speculation as to when Prime Minister Freundel Stuart would seek a new five year term in office. A Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) statement said that Stuart, who took over the leadership of the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) after…

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  • January 30, 2013
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    Experts: PM’s timing curious

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – POLITICAL SCIENTISTS Dr George Belle and Peter Wickham yesterday weighed in on the announcement by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart that the general election will be on February 21. Dr Belle maintained that the election was “unnecessarily delayed”. “We knew that the Constitution and the law allowed him to call it after the five years had passed since the last…

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  • January 30, 2013
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    Patterson’s warning for CARICOM

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – TRINIDAD and Tobago, birthplace of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM), is currently gripped in customary annual Carnival mood. But for one of the best known politicians among former and current heads of government—Jamaica's PJ Patterson—the now almost 40-year-old economic integration movement stands “in danger”. For the former long-serving prime minister of Jamaica, honoured nationally and regionally…

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  • January 30, 2013
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    Former Jamaica PM wants Caribbean leaders to set priorities for regional growth

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Former Jamaica prime minister PJ Patterson has called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to decide on their priorities as well as set a specific time table in order to accelerate regional growth and development. Addressing the Rotary Club of Georgetown, World Understanding Month dinner on Monday night, Patterson also lamented the fact that CARICOM nationals were…

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  • January 29, 2013
    793

    T&T must support Mali rescue effort

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – That UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week applauded French military intervention in Mali underscores international concern about developments in that nation which occupies so revered a place in African history. Mali is, among other things, home to Timbuktu, the ancient seat of learning. Its fabled past resonates with names such as Sundiata and Mansa…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    Deportees do not top list of local criminals

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Contrary to the belief emanating from some quarters, deportees do not head the list of crime perpetrators in Antigua & Barbuda. National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort said these individuals are not at the forefront of the criminal activities that “we are currently experiencing.” In an exclusive interview with OBSERVER Media, Dr Cort said based on…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    PM calls on Opposition Leader to apologise to Speaker

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has called on Opposition Leader Stephenson King to apologise to Speaker Peter Foster as the controversy over the alleged conflict of interest in the ongoing public inquiry into the St. Lucia Fire Service took yet another turn. Anthony, replying to a letter sent to him by King on the appointment…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    Oldest political party bows out of election race

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s oldest political party said Monday that it will not contest the February 19 general elections, effectively making the contest a two-way race between the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New National Party (NNP). “We decided at a meeting on Saturday that we will not contest because we have some things…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    Former Portland MP Sam Lawrence is dead

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Member of Parliament for Eastern Portland Headley Samuel 'Sam' Lawrence died suddenly yesterday morning, only hours after he made his final trek to the all-important function of his beloved People's National Party (PNP) – a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC). Lawrence, who was in his 70s, died after he fell ill and was rushed…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    Government minister dies

    ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Less than 21 days before Grenadians go to the poll to elect a new government, Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Minister Denis Michael Lett has died. He was 74 years old. Lett, a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) died of prostate cancer. He had successfully contested the 2003 and 2008 general elections but…

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