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  • October 14, 2013
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    CCJ delivers for Caricom nationals

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOR years nationals of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) have complained of the discrimination they've experienced at the border controls of each other's countries. This discrimination has ranged in many cases from extensive questioning before being allowed entry for a limited period, to arbitrary refusal of entry and immediate expulsion. This unpleasant treatment has galled Caricom nationals,…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    The Myrie Case And Human Rights

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Some of the facts established in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) landmark original jurisdiction decision in the matter Shanique Myrie v Barbados make for uncomfortable reading. Ms Myrie was cursed at, had her phone searched, was held in an insanitary detention facility, then sent back on a flight to Jamaica. She was never given a chance…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Freedom of movement challenge after that CCJ ruling

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE ripple effects of the recent landmark ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of Jamaican Shanique Myrie vs the Barbados Government should awaken the leaders of Caricom out of their Rip van Winkle-like slumber to honour their commitment to unhindered free intra-regional movement of citizens of the community. No less a person…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    In Defence Of Barbados?

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – There has been significant criticism of the Barbadian government and its agents (immigration officials), in light of the Shanique Myrie case. There is some justification for this response in light of similar experiences recounted to me during the five months I spent doing fieldwork in Barbados as part of my PhD research. But in all of this,…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    Let cooler heads prevail: Support CARICOM

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A NUMBER of Barbadians continue to be furious about the recent ruling in the case involving Jamaican Shanique Myrie and the Barbados Government. Over the past week, several of them have vented their anger with the decision, even going so far as to beseech the authorities in this country to limit Barbados’ involvement in CARICOM, which many…

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  • October 14, 2013
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    ‘Hassle-free’ travel a concern

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart last night voiced concern about the implications of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) recent ruling, saying an automatic six-month stay for CARICOM nationals visiting Barbados would attract the unemployed and criminals. However, he told Barbadians to respect the ruling in the Shanique Myrie case, saying Barbados was not “any banana, plantain or…

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  • October 12, 2013
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    The OAS executed C-SEP Project successfully Concludes

    The Department of Sustainable Development of the Organisation of American States (OAS/DSD), and the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean hosted a Closing Meeting of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) in Barbados in September 2013. The objective of the meeting was to present the results achieved by the CSEP during its 54 months of…

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  • October 10, 2013
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    Consensus turns into firm action

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS are occurring in the Middle East that could see a thawing of relations with Iran and Syria and ultimately a realignment of United States strategic interests in that region. However, Israel seems perplexed by this change as its arch-rivals are mending fences with the United States. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently aired his grievances…

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  • October 10, 2013
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    Libyan Prime Minister Snatched

    TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan was snatched by gunmen before dawn today from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, the government said. The abduction appeared to be in retaliation for the United States’ special forces raid over the weekend that seized a Libyan al-Qaida suspect from the streets of the capital. Zidan’s abduction reflected the weakness…

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  • October 10, 2013
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    Former Jamaica deputy prime minister dies

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Seymour “Foggy” Mullings, a former deputy prime minister and regarded as one of the stalwarts of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), has died. He was 82. Mullings was a prominent member of the Cabinet of prime ministers Michael Manley and P.J Patterson from 1989 until his retirement from Parliament in 2002. He served in various…

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