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JLP wants named of former opposition legislator cleared
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it still wants the name and reputation of its former parliamentarian, Joseph Hibbert, cleared even though he died of a massive heart attack over the weekend. Hibbert, 65, an engineer, died at hospital. In 2009 he resigned as junior transport and works minister, less than a week after the British…
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‘SENSITIVE’ MATERIAL
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed concerns that handing over her electronic devices to the police investigators may jeopardise national security and has since directed that the investigation only take place in her presence. In a letter to lead investigator, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mervyn Richardson, dated June 10, Persad-Bissessar said in her capacity as…
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US expert says email fake, Opposition Leader reiterates call for independent probe
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A United states information technology expert says the emails purporting to show that members of the Trinidad and Tobago government, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, were engaged in efforts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the media, are false. But Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley,…
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Bermuda counts cost of overweight population
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin says 70 per cent of Bermuda's adult population is overweight or obese and the island is counting the cost of additional strains being put on a struggling economy. Gordon-Pamplin, who has just returned from a meeting of health ministers in Aruba on the impact of childhood obesity, said that Bermuda’s population will…
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FATCA: Will it harm our economy?
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It now seems that our money is going to be controlled once more by external governments and their regulations. There will be instituted in our banking regulations a requirement for some additional information on clients' funds, and their source of funds, especially if they happen to be citizens of the USA, or simply green card holders. This…
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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Establishes FATCA Working Group
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has established a Working Group to ensure that financial institutions which operate within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union are prepared to comply with the requirements of the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA, which the US Government enacted in March 2010, seeks to combat tax evasion by US citizens and resident…
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Dominican merchants shutter border market to protest Haiti’s ban
Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dajabón merchants kept Haitians from crossing into the Dominican side on Sunday, the day before the market held Mondays and Fridays, as part of the called shutdown on Monday organized by the Merchants Association, to protest the ban on eggs and poultry enacted by Haiti’s government. Also turned back were trucks from other towns full of merchandise…
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