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Death penalty high on agenda…as Govt, Opposition in more crime talks today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Crime remains the Government’s number one priority. So said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Tuesday night, hours ahead of today’s talks on crime between the Government and Opposition teams. Speaking with reporters after commissioning lights at the Morne Diablo Recreation Ground, Penal, Persad-Bissessar said while crime was something the People’s Partnership inherited, it was…
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BACK TO SCHOOL MURDER
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – A revenge attack was blocked by the police yesterday, about an hour after a Laventille schoolboy was murdered while walking out of a trade school on the first day of school. The group of about six men had items that looked like weapons stuffed in their front pockets and were attempting to run into…
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U.S. scientist operates colleague’s brain from across campus
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Scientists said yesterday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague sitting across the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. The feat is less a conceptual advance than another step in the years-long progress that researchers have…
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‘Jamaica out of recession’
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) estimates that Jamaica has exited the recession. The State agency is projecting economic growth in the range of 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent for the current quarter, which ends September 30. “There is an expected return to positive performance for most industries reflecting a resurgence in output following…
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Police move to protect Chinese nationals in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – THE Police High Command on Sunday met with officials of the Chinese Embassy, Chinese businessmen and members of their civic groups to discuss the frequent attacks on Chinese nationals in Jamaica, and steps being taken by the police to deal with the matter. The High Command, in updating the Chinese community on the risk assessment done…
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World Bank Caribbean director in Jamaica for meetings
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – NEW World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean Sophie Sirtaine arrived in Jamaica yesterday to hold a series of meeting with government officials, private sector representatives, as well as social partners. She is scheduled to leave the island today. Sirtaine, who took up the position just three weeks ago, was scheduled to meet with Finance Minister…
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Will Syria be Barack Obama’s first war?
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer – AS a president who has strenuously campaigned against war, Mr Barack Obama must be praying, like Jesus Christ, to let this Syrian cup pass from him. In a sense, one can reasonably say that the bloody Syrian conflict, which has claimed an estimated 100,000 casualties since 2011, was bound to reach this crossroad. Last week's killing…
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Syria on the brink
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – The world seems to be on the brink of yet another war as the U.S. and its allies seem set to launch an attack on Syria. According to a Reuters report, the United Nations Security Council was set for a showdown over Syria on Wednesday after Britain sought authorisation for Western military action that seems certain…
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Guyana/Venezuela relations based on friendship and cooperation- Foreign Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – THE relationship between Guyana and Venezuela continues to grow from strength to strength and the upcoming state visit of that nation’s president is an indication of this, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said yesterday, as preparations continue for a one-day state visit by his Excellency, Nicolas Maduro. The current Venezuelan Head of State has had a…
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Jamaica treading through its difficulties
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Since Michael Manley succumbed in the second half of the 1970s, after his experiments in economic and foreign policy radicalism, to the IMF’s insistence that he accept one of their more severe programmes for the recuperation of a depressed Jamaican economy, the country has gone through a number of attempts at trying and retrying those…
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