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  • September 4, 2013
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    LEAD – BARBADOS-EMPLOYMENT-PM meets with senior public servants to discuss employment issues

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Tuesday held talks with senior public servants amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the Civil Service, Chief Personnel Officer, permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Civil Service…

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  • September 4, 2013
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    ANTIGUA-EDUCATION-CXC to launch Digital Media subject in Antigua

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Following on the successful promotion of the Notesmaster training for teachers in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, on this occasion the collaboration is…

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  • September 4, 2013
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    SURINAME-CRIME-President Desi Bouterse breaks silence on arrest of his son

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR). Dino Bouterse  was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thursday at the request of US authorities, just as South American…

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  • September 4, 2013
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    CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Caribbean countries urged to adopt united position on Syria

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Meeks, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that his advice to regional governments is…

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  • September 4, 2013
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    CARIBBEAN-AVIATION-LIAT denies newspaper article regarding CPL

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month. The Barbados Sunday Sun newspaper quoted businessman Ajmal Khan as describing the airline service as a “travesty” and that…

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  • September 4, 2013
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    CARIBBEAN-LABOUR-Barbados to host regional workshop on gender equality

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes. The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”, will be attended by delegates from the 13-member Caribbean countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO). It is being organised by…

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  • September 3, 2013
    749

    School of marijuana – Research facility to be established

    (Jamaica Gleaner) – A new research facility to study the scientific benefits of marijuana is to be established jointly in Jamaica by two local universities. Paul Chang, chairman of the Ganja Law Reform Coalition made the disclosure at a Gleaner Editors’ Forum last Wednesday. Chang said the new research centre, which is to be called the Jamaica Cannabis Institute, will…

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  • September 3, 2013
    766

    Consultant: Govt losing oil-tax $

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – The revenues that Trinidad and Tobago collects from energy taxes could be significantly higher than what it is currently but companies under-report revenue and sometimes, government doesn’t even collect the taxes, local energy consultant Anthony Paul claimed yesterday. “We are not managing our resources. For starts, we are not giving contracts well. We are…

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  • September 3, 2013
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    No jobs for grads – Experts predict almost 20,000 youths leaving school won’t find employment

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner – Nearly half of the more than 40,000 young people who graduate high schools and universities this year may not find employment in the private sector, two stakeholder groups have predicted. The forecast by the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) comes as the economy continues its decline for a sixth…

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  • September 3, 2013
    766

    No layoff ‘crusade’, says PM

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be held to ensure that the wrong persons are not ending up with dismissal…

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