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  • June 19, 2013
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    Premier rules out gay marriage in Bermuda

    HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has ruled out gay marriage in Bermuda, declaring “under my leadership, that will not happen”. Cannonier, 50, who came to office in December, praised lawmakers for backing an amendment to human rights law in the House of Assembly last Friday which extended basic anti-discrimination protection to gay people. “I am delighted we’re moving…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Opposition criticises removal of top cop

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has described as “unprecedented,” the manner in which Police Commissioner Darwin Dottin was sent on leave pending his retirement in the public interest. Media reports said that the Police Service Commission (PSC) took the decision on Monday and has since named Assistant Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith to act as interim head…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Not so fast!

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – LESS THAN 24 hours  after the removal of Commissioner of Police (COP) Darwin Dottin,  the acting Deputy COP Seymour Cumberbatch is asking the High Court for an injunction  to halt any attempt  to fill the post  of Deputy Commissioner. In documents filed in the High Court yesterday against the Attorney General and the Police Service Commission (PSC),…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Special Comment

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – NO EVENT in recent memory has plunged a tranquil, if anxious, Barbados into a greater state of shock and dismay than the action taken on Monday by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to retire Police Commissioner Darwin Dottin with a day’s notice. It is the type of humiliating treatment meted out to junior employees caught in the…

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    Focus on CNCDs

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – THE cost of health care will increase significantly if the incidence of non-communicable diseases continues to rise. That is the view of Member of Parliament and Minister of Health, John Boyce. Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, he said his Ministry sees it as critical in its health plan, to focus on the prevention of non-communicable…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Kudos for Guyana from UN systems

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The United Nations system in Guyana Tuesday congratulated Guyana on being among 38 countries that have met internationally-established targets in the fight against hunger ahead of the 2015 deadline. Guyana and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are the only two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries among 20 countries which have satisfied the primary target of the UN…

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    IICA warns of water shortage

    MEXICO CITY, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says Latin America and Caribbean countries will have to adopt new water management models as agricultural production, industry and energy generation vie for the commodity in coming years. Delegates from more than 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been meeting here for the IICA Executive…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    New study finds banks show strong potential to help address climate change

    WASHINGTON, CMC – A new study has found that public development banks (PDBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean provide more than US$700 billion in loans annually and possess the operational and financial heft to expand into areas, such as climate change mitigation and productive development policies. The study, released by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), also urges these institutions…

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  • June 19, 2013
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    Report renewable resources could provide with Caribbean with electricity needs

    WASHINGTON, CMC – A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean’s renewable energy endowment is large enough to cover its projected 2050 electricity needs many times over. The report “Rethinking our Energy Future” argues that lower prices and new technologies are making renewables a viable alternative. It also says that solar,…

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    Spencer touts benefits of OECS integration

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said being a part of the union helped member-states weather the global economic crisis, and that the future of the union looks bright. “One shudders to contemplate what could have been the condition of our individual OECS member states in the face of…

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