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  • September 30, 2013
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    CAL manager suspended

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – State carrier Caribbean Airlines has suspended one of its managers as an investigation continues into what has been described as a million-dollar fraud involving the use of bogus credit cards which has already cost CAL more than $12 million in losses. Sources familiar with the airline’s operations say due to CAL not adequately addressing validation…

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    Humphrey: Difficult for LIAT to replace Brunton

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Council of LIAT Trade Unions Chester Humphrey has said the board will have a difficult time replacing CEO Ian Brunton and warned LIAT could collapse if re-fleeting is derailed. “There are some crucial issues of survivability which I am assuming at this point is what is taking up everybody’s attention,” said Humphrey. “If…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    Opposition party concerned about LIAT’s service

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has expressed concern about the service provided by the regional carrier LIAT. UWP Leader Allen Chastanet says the operations of LIAT are critical to the tourism industry and the overall business market of St Lucia, notwithstanding, the dependency on LIAT for the delivery of professional and efficient service.…

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    Guyana welcomes Fly Jamaica

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – GUYANA'S Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and other Government officials Thursday night hailed the opening up of a direct route from Jamaica to Guyana by Fly Jamaica airline. According to Hinds, the route represents an expected growth in tourism and commerce in the South American country. Hinds commended Fly Jamaica CEO Captain Ronald Reece for being “bold and…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    PM Spencer assures Antigua is in “steady, safe hands”

    NEW YORK, CMC – Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the collapse of the Trinidad-based insurance conglomerate, CLICO, and the Stanford Group of companies, has resulted in more than EC$400 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) “disappearing like a puff of smoke from the economy”. But Spencer told nationals residing in North America over the weekend that Antigua and Barbuda…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    Get serious about dengue problem

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – HAT BARBADOS HAS a serious health challenge on its hand cannot be denied, downplayed or dismissed. We speak of a spike in the incidence of dengue fever that must be a cause of concern for all of us on the island and indeed visitors to our shores. Our fears are made all the more worrisome by the…

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    Images of change in Jamaica and Barbados

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – JAMAICANS may perhaps be too focused with ongoing internal political problems afflicting both the governing Peoples National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to reflect on the significant strides being achieved in moving their country out of the long period of depressing social and economic woes. If an apt comparison could be made to…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    EDITORIAL – Reject DR’s Xenophobia

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Jamaica is a member and for which we carry the lead on issues of external relations, has a free-trade agreement with the Dominican Republic. CARICOM and the Dominican Republic (DR) form CARIFORUM, a vehicle for pursuing certain common interests, including a trade pact with the European Union known as the Economic…

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  • September 30, 2013
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    Caribbean warned of debt trap

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Jamaican writer Rachel Manley has called on Caribbean governments and Central Banks to engage in visionary economic thinking to benefit the region. She was at the time delivering the feature address at the 27th Dr Eric Williams Memorial Lecture, at Central Bank auditorium, St Vincent Street, Port of Spain, on Saturday. Manley now lives in…

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    Caribbean leaders make case for reparations at U.N.

    UNITED NATIONS — There are no shortages of challenges facing sun-soaked Caribbean countries — burgeoning unemployment, high crime, a chronic health crisis. But for almost every Caribbean leader who took the podium at the world’s leading global forum in New York last week, one issue came up time and again: compensating descendants of enslaved and oppressed Africans in Europe’s former…

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