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  • September 2, 2013
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    Strategic Plan 2012-2017 to address pertinent issues

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – THE University of the West Indies (UWI) recognises that in order for Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean to continue to progress, they must have a strategic plan rooted in addressing the areas that would carry us forward including the development of our human resources capacity and innovation and in this regard, they would be…

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  • September 2, 2013
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    LIAT performance during CPL disgraceful – Ajmal Khan

    (Barbados Nation) Next year, beleaguered regional carrier LIAT could find itself on the outside looking in on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of the poor quality of service it delivered during the just-ended Twenty20 tournament. The man who delivered the bad news to the airline was millionaire businessman Ajmal Khan, the owner and founder of CPL who told the…

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  • September 2, 2013
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    JAMAICA-ECONOMY-Serious implications for Jamaica if US attacks Syria, says UWI Professor

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Brian Meeks, has warned that if the United States takes military action against Syria, Jamaica’s fragile economy could be in serious trouble. On the weekend, Professor Meeks said a more dangerous Middle East is a more dangerous world and inevitably this…

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  • September 2, 2013
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    DOMINICA-POLITICS-Opposition party elects new leader, gears for general election

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) gearing for a general election that Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has hinted could come before the constitutional deadline, has elected talk show host Lennox Linton as its new leader. Former Prime Minister Edison James said that the party had already selected a significant number of its candidates for the…

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  • September 2, 2013
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    BAHAMAS-MIGRATION-Government pleased with talks in United States on illegal migration

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has returned here following a one week visit to the United States saying he was pleased “with the progress” being made regarding the illegal migration of Cubans into the Bahamas. Prior to his departure for Washington last week, Mitchell had indicated that “a negotiating team would travel to Cuba “with a…

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  • August 30, 2013
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    Discussions ongoing about use of medical marijuana

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – As various states across the United States legalise the use of medicinal marijuana, and others debate its benefits, it appears that Barbados might not be entirely immune from the discussion. This, as sources within the island’s Ministry of Health revealed to the Barbados Advocate recently that at the “highest level”, the use of medicinal marijuana to…

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  • August 30, 2013
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    FSC, Central Bank sign MOU

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate – A MEMORANDUM of Understanding (MOU) has been officially signed between the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Central Bank of Barbados ensuring greater stability in Barbados’ financial system. Principals of the two entities met at the Tom Adams Financial Centre yesterday afternoon to cement an already existing relationship as regulators of the securities, insurance, credit union…

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  • August 30, 2013
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    TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Local Government election to be held October

    21 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday announced that Local Government elections will be held on October 21, but outlined her government’s intention to amend the Municipal Corporations Act. Persad-Bissessar made the announcement at a Post-Cabinet News Conference at the Office of the Prime Minister. The life of local government bodies in Trinidad and…

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  • August 30, 2013
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    TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Opposition condemns manner in which proportional representation introduced

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has described as “vulgar” the decision of the government to amend the Municipal Corporations Act to introduce the concept of proportional representation in Trinidad and Tobago. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, announcing the October 21 date for the Local Government election, said that her administration plans to…

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  • August 30, 2013
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    TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Chief Justice gets top national award

    SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – President Anthony Carmona has bestowed Trinidad and Tobago’s highest national award on Chief Justice Ivor Archie as the country prepares to celebrate its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain on Saturday. Justice Archie was awarded the “Oder of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago” at a ceremony here in the presence of his parents, his…

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