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Bad weather blamed for mishap involving 12-seater plane
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on Monday. Transport Minister Robeson Benn said that the “plane crashed during bad weather” and the single engine Cessna Caravan “may have (to) be written off”. The Government…
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New UN envoy in Haiti from Trinidad takes her post
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations' new envoy to Haiti has begun her post as the head of mission for the peacekeeping force in the Caribbean nation. Sandra Honore of Trinidad and Tobago is taking over from Mariano Fernandez who left the position in January to pursue a possible career in politics. Honore's title is the special representative of the…
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Partnership in parlous state
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Any forecast the Chaguanas West by-election campaign outcome will show both the People’s Partnership and the spin-off Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to have been brought low in the course of the exercise. Former MP Jack Warner was moved to renew the unsurpassed electoral mandate received in May 2010. The by-election, triggered by his resignation, was…
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PM wants former national security minister investigated
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Monday night called for an investigation into her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner after a newspaper reported that he had solicited millions of dollars from businesses using his ministerial office. Addressing the ruling United National Congress (UNC) Monday night forum in Chaguanas in Central Trinidad, Persad-Bissessar made reference…
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Government places southern Belize under quarantine
BELMOPAN, CMC – The Belize government has placed a significant section of the country under an agriculture quarantine following the detection of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. The MedFly, as the pest is also known, is detrimental to fruits and vegetables and the authorities said the quarantine had gone into effect in the Stann Creek and Toledo districts, south of here.…
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Major private-sector bodies form CARICOM working group
KINGSTON, Jamaica – On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based Private Sector Working Group to examine CARICOM and other free trade agreements. The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) and the Private Sector Organisation…
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