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BUTT OUT – Gov’t announces smoking ban in public spaces
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Describing it as the most far-reaching piece of public health policy undertaken in recent times, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced that as of July 15, no smoking will be permitted in public spaces across Jamaica. In making the announcement in the House of Representatives yesterday, Ferguson said smoking would be banned in all enclosed places, public…
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PM distances his administration from police position on media
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has sought to distance his administration from a policy adopted by the police as it relates to the accreditation of media workers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “I don't know if the press thinks that we should have some agency to do some accreditation but the truth of the…
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Bermuda government accused of “sheer hardheadedness”
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of “sheer hardheadedness” by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two parliamentary sittings. Former leader of the now defunct United Bermuda Party (UBP), Kim Swan, says government’s losing streak in the House of Assembly is a sign of a “lame duck”…
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Opposition accuses police of colluding with ruling party; calls for fresh polls
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) Tuesday accused the police of colluding with the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis labour Party (SKNLP) and called for fresh general elections in the twin island Federation. Last weekend, the police denied the PAM permission to stage a protest march in the capital on Wednesday and warned…
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Prime Minister Douglas dismisses opposition statements as “mere propaganda”
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday dismissed opposition claims that he was leading a minority government in St. Kitts-Nevis. Appearing on his weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister”, Douglas told listeners that his St. Kitts-Nevis labour Party (SKNLP) administration holds a majority in the National Assembly. Six opposition legislators have already said they will…
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Credit Unions want regional governments to change economic growth strategies
PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – The Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU) has ended a four-day international conference here calling on regional governments to regard the co-operative movement as the new engine of growth in light of the ongoing global economic and financial crisis. Newly elected CCCU president, Aaron Moses of Grenada, told the closing ceremony on Tuesday night that…
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UN calls for “action on all fronts to end scourge” of human trafficking
VIENNA, Austria, CMC – A week after the United States assailed some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments for not doing enough in addressing human trafficking, the United Nations has called for “action on all fronts to end the scourge”. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is urging all partners, governments, the private sector, civil society, the media, and ordinary citizens to help…
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