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Cayman voters go to polls
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – More than 18,000 voters in this Caribbean-island are going to the polls Wednesday to elect a new government with political observers pointing to the possibility of a coalition administration emerging after the ballots are counted. Supervisor of Elections, Kearney Gomez, says his office is in a state of readiness and expects everything to go…
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JAMAICA-CARICOM-Jamaica to debate amendment to CARICOM skills legislation
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22, CMC – The Jamaica government is to table amendments to the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act, so as to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access jobs in other regional countries. Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier, will table the amendments to increase the categories of workers who can apply…
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BELIZE-HEALTH-Death of babies linked to bacteria outbreak
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The death of 12 babies at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), has been linked to the outbreak of it enterobacter cloacae – an organism that is said to be responsible for major outbreaks in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) all over the world. In a release on Wednesday, Director of Medical Services at the hospital,…
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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-St. Lucia PM wants new development strategy with international financial instituti
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 22, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday began its 43rd Board of Governors meeting here with St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony calling on the international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to develop a new strategic partnership with the region. Anthony, in a wide ranging address to the governors…
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CARIBBEAN-FINANCE-CDB president issues warning to regional countries
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Board of Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) began a two-day meeting here with a warning to regional countries that while they urgently need to address their fiscal and debt issues, a narrow adjustment programme will be unsustainable. CDB president Dr. Warren Smith told the opening ceremony attended by several government leaders,…
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Bipartisan legislators reach preliminary immigration deal
WASHINGTON, CMC – A bipartisan group of legislators in the United States House of Representatives say they have reached a deal in principle in overhauling America’s immigration laws. Aides said the bill in the House of Representatives is similar to one introduced in the US Senate that includes a path to the legalization of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants,…
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Britain’s politics and the European Union
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – When, in January of this year, Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to the British people on the issue of the country’s membership of the European Union, he promised that following the next parliamentary general elections due in mid-2015, the electorate would have an opportunity to decide on that issue, in what he called an “in or out”…
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Former Justice Minister wants AG sidelined during investigation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former High Court judge Herbert Volney Tuesday called for the removal of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan from office, while police investigate allegations contained in emails purporting to show members of the coalition People’s Partnership government involved in attempts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the media.…
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Press watchdog group condemns murder of journalist
PARIS, CMC – The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Tuesday said it hopes that the authorities will soon disclose the reasons behind the murder of radio journalist Pierre-Richard Alexandre, who was shot last weekend. A correspondent for the national radio station Radio Kiskeya and the host of a daily political discussion programme on local Radio Delta, Alexandre died of his…
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Former speaker dies on the eve of general election
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Edna Moyle, a founding member of the main opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) died Tuesday, less than 24 hours before voters in this British Overseas Territory go to the polls to elect a new government. Relatives said that the former Speaker of the House and North Side MLA legislator, died at the Cayman Islands…
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