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  • July 11, 2013
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    Officials still assessing damage caused by tornado

    ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda authorities were on Wednesday assessing the damage caused by a tornado that touched down in the north-east of the island. Director of the National Office of Disaster Services, Philmore Mullin, said it is still too early to determine the cost of the damage caused by the weather system late Tuesday close to…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    Bahamas celebrating 40th anniversary of political independence

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas is celebrating 40 years of political independence from Britain on Wednesday with praises for the founding fathers of the country. The Bahamas has been staging a series of activities to mark the occasion and Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes, speaking at the National Pride Day celebrations recalled when Britain’s Prince Charles handed over the…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    Call for T&T-Guyana joint ventures

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Joint-venture projects between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana could be the foundation upon which a unified Caribbean is built, businessman Donald Baldeosingh said yesterday. Baldeosingh was one of the presenters at a forum hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce in Westmoorings yesterday on investment opportunities between the two Caricom countries. “It is…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    JLP serious about suspending relations with CARICOM — Holness

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness says that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) believes that Jamaica should consider suspending its relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) until it sorts out current issues with the regional body. “There could be a suspension until we get our house in order, so that we can participate on equal footing with everyone,” Holness…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    CARICOM at 40: An alternative agenda

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – By the time this commentary is read, heads of government of the 15-nation Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) will have celebrated the 40th anniversary of the inter-governmental organisation. There is cause for celebration, but there is also reason for lamentation. Heads of government will have rightly pointed to many areas of common services in…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    CARICOM is 40, But Who is Celebrating?

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is celebrating 40 years of existence. But who is really celebrating? Certainly not the masses of Caribbean peoples, plagued with high levels of unemployment, crime, debt and anxiety about the future. Officialdom is celebrating, the small band of government leaders, regional civil servants and technocrats who interact with the organization with some regularity. But should more…

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  • July 10, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: The vagaries of street democracy

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The conundrum brought on by the overthrow of the Muhammed Morsi government in Egypt represents the greatest test for democracy as we know it. It represents the limited power of the ballot as we know it and breeds perpetual disorder. There seems a growing trend of taking to the streets to achieve political change, which is being…

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  • July 10, 2013
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    Global security gymnastics

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – It is now nearly six-and-a-half years since Julian Assange and Wikileaks started releasing official government documents, revealing to the publics of the world information deemed to be classified and forbidden from exhibition, because such release might injure the security of particular states and by extension (in the eyes of their governments) the safety of citizens. Up to…

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  • July 10, 2013
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    Of Mid-East political stability

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The recent events in Egypt have reminded the world that democracy entails more than a capacity to vote. What a relief it had been when the military dictatorship of President Mubarak had been superseded by an election in which the Egyptian people did in fact get the opportunity to cast their votes in a free and…

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  • July 10, 2013
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    END E-MAIL PROBE

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s attorney, Israel Khan SC, yesterday called on police to wrap up the now 49-day-long e-mail investigation before the July 29 by-election. In a telephone interview, Khan said he was frustrated that the police investigations into the e-mail issue has not progressed and remained “hanging over the Prime Minister’s head”. Khan said…

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