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  • July 16, 2013
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    LIAT seeks to assure customers of improved services

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Monday assured the travelling public that it is committed to improving the level of service offered by the airline even as disgruntled pilots warned of “several vexing issues”. The airline did not specifically refer to a statement by the Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), Carl Burke, that…

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  • July 16, 2013
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    Eighteen to represent country at Carifesta

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government will be sending an 18-member contingent to the 2013 Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) to be held in Suriname next month. Culture Minister Eleston Adams said the contingent would be representative of all aspects of the local culture inclusive of drama, dance, music, culinary arts and literature. He said Carifesta, to be held from…

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  • July 16, 2013
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    CPA conference to focus on threats to Caribbean democracy

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A meeting of parliamentarians from around the region in Antigua & Barbuda later this month will see real examples of threats to Caribbean democracy ventilated. That’s according to Speaker of the House D Gisele Isaac, who said, “I proposed to the broader executive, instead of dealing with theoretical subjects as we tend to do, let’s look…

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  • July 16, 2013
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    Mission completed

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will soon be looking for a new ambassador to China. That’s because the second two-year stint of former Prime Minister Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford has ended and he will not be returning to the job. “Sir Lloyd has completed his tour of duty and the process of appointing a new ambassador is ongoing,” Minister of Foreign…

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  • July 16, 2013
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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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  • July 16, 2013
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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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  • July 16, 2013
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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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  • July 16, 2013
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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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  • July 16, 2013
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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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  • July 16, 2013
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    Clash over CARICOM – Let’s fix it!

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation. However, it is sufficient time to make an assessment of its performance towards achieving its mission, vision and strategic goals. CARICOM, which was formed by former colonies in the British West Indies in their quest to promote regional integration, has come under serious scrutiny…

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