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  • July 30, 2013
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    PM seeks apology from newspaper and columnist

    KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Monday said he had instructed his lawyers to write a newspaper and a columnist seeking an apology over a story it ran regarding the charges laid against opposition senator report Vynnette Frederick. Gonsalves said he was seeking the apology from the Vincent Newspaper and its columnist Kenneth John, claiming that…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    King toppled as leader of main opposition party

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Former prime minister Stephenson King was swept out of the leadership of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) after his former tourism minister Allen Chastanet scored a convincing victory in Sunday’s poll. King, who led the UWP into defeat in the 2011 general elections, was defeated by a 264-99 margin with Chastanet’s “A” Team…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Prime Minister attending ALBA Summit in Ecuador

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony leaves here for Ecuador to attend the XII Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP). The meeting on Tuesday brings together heads of state or governments, with St. Lucia hoping to formalise its entry into the ALBA group in keeping with the announcement made by Governor…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Grenada hosting conference on bird conservation

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – More than 150 delegates are in Grenada attending the 19th Regional meeting on bird conservation for the Caribbean. Organised by the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), it is being held under the theme “ Bird Conservation in a Changing Climate”. SCSCB president Dr Howard Nelson President described the conference “as…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Jamaica to host regional conference on disaster management

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica will host the 8th Annual Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) in December, the executive director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackson, has said. More than 400 delegates are expected to attend the December 2-6 conference which will be held under the theme “CDM for Resilient Development: A Good…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    EDITORIAL – Incompetence with energy

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) must quickly decide whether it is up to the job it is mandated to perform. If it is not, it must move over and let someone else get on with it. We especially refer to the agency's ability to determine Jamaica's future energy needs, the fuel mix that will meet those…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Government moving to enact legislation to develop green energy

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government will table legislation next month to promote green energy, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Chris Sinckler has said. Sinckler said the Freundel Stuart government has devised practical ways to build out the alternative energy sector through policy, legislation and fiscal incentives, which will ensure that in terms both of supply and demand, there…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    Green ease

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – TAX BREAKS FOR businesses and individuals who produce and use alternative energy are among a wide range of concessions coming under long-awaited green legislation. The financing for the initiative has been also approved by the Central Bank.

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  • July 30, 2013
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    CARICOM, GWP-C sign MOU

    BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, CMC – The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) says it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), formalising a collaborative relationship for addressing water priorities in the region. It said the MOU signifies a building block for change as there is undoubtedly a need for greater cooperation on water-related issues in the region.…

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  • July 30, 2013
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    INTERPOL launches new technology to detect fraudulent travel documents in the Caribbean

    LYON, France, CMC – The international police organization (INTERPOL), says it has launched a new tool enabling Caribbean countries to exchange information on fraudulent identity and travel documents. Known as Dial-Doc (Digital INTERPOL Alert Library Document), INTERPOL said that the technology, launched in collaboration with the Group of Eight of the world’s most industrialized powers (G8), “makes it easy for…

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