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  • June 14, 2013
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    LIAT takes to the skies with new planes

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The financially strapped regional airline, LIAT, Thursday announced it had taken possession of an ATR 72-600 aircraft as it upgrades its aging fleet. The airline said the French-manufactured ATR is being leased from the lessor GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services) and “is the first of a total of eight ATRs -four 68-seat ATR 72-600 and…

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  • June 14, 2013
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    Questions for CARICOM after Biden, Xi visits

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – NOW THAT United States Vice-president Joseph Biden and China’s President Xi Linping have completed their respective missions to engage Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partner states – via separate meetings in Port of Spain, Trinidad – it is of relevance to raise questions on two important issues not publicly mentioned. In contrast to their various statements on trade and…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Atoning for the Sins of Empire

    WARWICK, England — THE British do not torture. At least, that is what we in Britain have always liked to think. But not anymore. In a historic decision last week, the British government agreed to compensate 5,228 Kenyans who were tortured and abused while detained during the Mau Mau rebellion of the 1950s. Each claimant will receive around £2,670 (about…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Mandela’s legacy

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – AS I write this Nelson Mandela is still with us. He may even still be living at the end of this year. But this is his fourth hospitalisation in six months, and the prognosis for 94-year-old men with persistent lung infections is not good. How will South Africa do without him? Wrong question, actually. In…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    OAS showcasing Caribbean art

    WASHINGTON, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) has launched an exhibition of previously unseen works by Caribbean artists, titled “Groundation – Sources of Caribbean Artistry”. Hosted by the OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin and curated by Jamaican author, sociologist and cultural heritage specialist, Margaret Bernal, the exhibition includes a range of oils, water colours, mixed media and…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    What does the future hold for Clico?

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Many an insurance company fancies itself as being both an insurer (that is, a risk manager) and an investment manager of sorts. The main reason for this tendency is that they use the pre-paid portion of insurance premiums (both short-term and long-term) to invest. In some aggressive cases, they price their products very competitively and…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    AG steps aside

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has temporarily relinquished his responsibilities for the Central Authority, paving the way for the police investigating the e-mail matter to seek foreign assistance if they need it. Sources said yesterday that Ramlogan wrote to the head of the Central Authority, Netram Kowlessar, last month recusing himself from all duties and responsibilities…

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    Former Barbados PM to deliver lecture on nation building in The Bahamas

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Former Barbados prime minister Owen Arthur will speak on the “philosophy of nation building” as part of the activities by the College of the Bahamas marking the country’s 40th anniversary of political independence. Arthur, who served as prime minister from 1994-2008, will deliver the lecture on Friday, the final day of The Bahamas at 40 Independence…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Opposition party against declaring aviation sector an essential service

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) has criticised proposals by two prime ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that the aviation industry should be deemed an essential service. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his St. Vincent and the Grenadines colleague, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves supported a statement by Ian…

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  • June 13, 2013
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    Taiwan provides funds to St. Lucia

    CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia has received a grant of EC$7.5 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) from Taiwan to assist with development projects on the island. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Kenny Anthony said the funds represented the balance from the first set of constituency development projects (CDP) submitted for funding and will create a…

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