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  • September 25, 2013
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    Barbados to establish oil spill contingency fund

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Tuesday announced plans to establish a national oil spill contingency fund. Addressing the start of a two-day regional workshop on the International Liability Compensatory Regimes for Pollution Damage, acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and Drainage, Edison Alleyne, said that the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Centre for the Wider…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    Government warns of illegal information about Citizens Investment Programme

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has warned it would move against people setting up illegal websites to promote the island’s Citizenship Investment Programme (CIP). Attorney General Justin Simon told Parliament that the Baldwin Spencer administration is in the process of building its own website to promote the CIP that the government hopes will, within three…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    Dominica hosts major conference on geothermal energy development

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says a two-day geothermal conference will provide Dominica with an opportunity to secure funding for its geothermal energy development. “It will be an opportunity to share with potential partners and current partners about the prospects we have and what will be needed to see the implementation of the geothermal project. It is…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    LIAT accepts resignation of CEO

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday said it had accepted the resignation of its chief executive officer, Ian Brunton, more than a week after it promised a “formal announcement” on the issue. But the brief statement gave no reasons for Brunton’s resignation, saying that Mrs Julie Reifer-Jones has been appointed to act in the position. “The…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    NY Crime Buster Heads To T&T

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former New York police commissioner William “Bill” Joseph Bratton is expected to arrive in T&T in November to conduct a “diagnostic test” of the Police Service to determine the root cause of its problems and find a way forward for a more efficient organisation and ultimately a safer country. Emphasis would also be placed on…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    More murders force police to review strategy

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica police say they will adopt new strategies to deal with the upsurge in criminal activities after official figures show that more people were killed here during the first nine months of the year as compared to 2012. Figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) show that 856 murders were recorded during the period…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    Haiti steps up fight against against illegal drugs trade

    PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian law enforcement authorities say they have seized more than 2,000 kilogrammes of illegal drugs over the past 20 months and confiscated more than a million US dollars. Head of the Anti-Drug Unit, Joris Mergelus, said in addition 238 people have been detained in connection with the seizure and illegal rug shipments. “Of the…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    Haitian American architect wins design for permanent memorial honouring victims of slave trade

    UNITED NATIONS, CMC – A Haitian American architect has been declared the winner of an international competition to design a memorial that will be permanently on display at United Nations Headquarters in New York to honor victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Unveiling Rodney Leon’s “Ark of Return” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the memorial would “…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    Ja Can Learn From Barbados’ IMF Experience

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica can create a platform for economic growth by using the example of Barbados, which stood up to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and offered wage cuts as a viable alternative to the Fund's prescription of devaluation when the country almost ran out of international reserves. But Dr Peter Henry, dean of New York University's Leonard N.…

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  • September 25, 2013
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    IMF gives thumbs up to Jamaica’s economic progress

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday praised the Jamaica government over its economic policies and said the island’s economic reform programme remains strong. IMF Resident Representative, Bert van Selm, in a brief statement recalled that an IMF mission to Jamaica had indicated that policy implementation under Jamaica’s Fund-supported economic reform programme has been strong. “Economic reforms…

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