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  • July 18, 2013
    890

    Singapore and Barbados sign open skies deal

    Singapore has inked an open skies deal with Barbados that gives carriers full rights to operate as many flights as they want between the two nations. Without strong demand for air services between the two points, it is unlikely the agreement will lead to actual flights, industry analysts said. Still, the deal sealed on Wednesday between Transport Minister Lui Tuck…

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  • July 18, 2013
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    STANDING OUR GROUND- A&B sets stage to collect WTO remedy

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua- After 10 years of stalemate negotiations and estimated billions of dollars lost when United States legislation decimated the local gaming industry, government has moved towards collecting on World Trade Organisation (WTO) approved sanctions. Government yesterday announced the establishment of a seven-member WTO Remedies Implementation Committee (RIC), to implement the sanctioning process.

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  • July 18, 2013
    856

    CAL cuts Air Jamaica flights

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Cash-strapped Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has cut the number of flights of its Air Jamaica subsidiary by 50 per cent in a bid to stem multi-million-dollar losses at the national airline. CAL has reduced the flight frequencies of Air Jamaica’s core schedule services from Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, to North American destinations including Toronto, Canada…

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  • July 17, 2013
    756

    Democratise diplomatic process

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Diplomacy, stripped bare, is conversation taking place between global leaders behind closed doors. As with everything else, it is being impacted by global trends which keep emerging more rapidly than before. The IT age has seen a world, formerly home to a select few some ten to 20 years ago, now become the playground for everyday people.…

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  • July 17, 2013
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    After Egypt: uneasy now lies the head that wears a (democratic) crown

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Egyptian military coup that removed the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi was justified as an act to save democracy and preserve law and order by preventing the country from sinking into further chaos and violence. The military claimed that it was prompted not only by social disorder but by the publicly expressed demands of the majority…

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  • July 17, 2013
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    Democratise diplomatic process

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Diplomacy, stripped bare, is conversation taking place between global leaders behind closed doors. As with everything else, it is being impacted by global trends which keep emerging more rapidly than before. The IT age has seen a world, formerly home to a select few some ten to 20 years ago, now become the playground for everyday people.…

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  • July 17, 2013
    789

    EDITORIAL: Security bureaucracy out of control

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – It makes perfect sense why the United States is desperate to get its hands on Edward Snowden. Perhaps because he is likely to spill even more beans about the United States National Security Agency’s (NSA) clandestine activities. This is exactly what he is doing though being holed up in Russia where he is desperately seeking asylum. A…

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  • July 17, 2013
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    Developing countries outperform rich nations in FDIs

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Value-added trade contributes nearly 30 per cent to developing countries' gross domestic product, on average, compared with 18 per cent in developed countries, according to the recently released World Investment Report 2013. The report also revealed that last year, for the first time ever, developing economies absorbed more foreign direct investment than developed countries. However, it said…

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  • July 17, 2013
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    Government defends integrity of local doping commission

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has defended the integrity of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) after five local athletes, including former world champion Asafa Powell and Olympic medallist Sherone Simpson, tested positive for a banned substance. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Simpson Miller said all five athletes have now been informed of the adverse test results,…

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  • July 17, 2013
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    Opposition legislators walkout of Parliament

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Members of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) walked out of the Parliament on Tuesday night accusing Speaker, Michael Carrington, of unfair treatment in his rulings. Opposition leader Mia Mottley led the walkout after the Speaker refused to provide her with a copy of the Parliament’s official record so as to clarify a previous statement.…

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