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LIAT to present summary of legal opinion to Trinidad PM
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Shareholder governments of the regional airline, LIAT, have agreed to provide a summary of a legal opinion to Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar regarding the “unfair” subsidy given to the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said here Tuesday. Gonsalves told a news conference that while Barbados, Antigua and…
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Watch those State funds
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Proper governance structures need to be in place at all enterprises funded by taxpayers, including one like Caribbean Airlines (CAL), to avoid situations where these companies have to write off major debts, business leaders have said. “In the private sector, you can’t be making mistakes that allow for these types of discrepancies for these mistakes.…
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Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents and plywood shelters scattered across rocky hills dotted with trees in the heart of the Haitian capital. The lawyer told the camp of some 30,000 people that they were squatting on his land…
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Haiti president defends first 2 years in office
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's President Michel Martelly is defending his record since taking office of the impoverished Caribbean nation two years ago. The former pop star points to his introduction of a tuition-free school project and social protection programs. Martelly also says his government has brought tourists back to the one-time tropical getaway. Martelly was an entertainer known as “Sweet…
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Authorities warn about complacency in dealing with cholera
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – More than 166,000 people have been registered as cholera patients in Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince, as the authorities warn against complacency ahead of the rainy season that starts in June. Coordinator for the government’s new prevention plan, Helman Ceneus, said as of May 5 this year, 166, 460 people had been registered in…
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Dookeran: Biden to spend 1 night, two days in T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – US Vice President Joe Biden is to spend one night and two days in Trinidad and Tobago during his visit later this month. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran told reporters after the opening ceremony of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) meeting being held at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, on Monday. “I…
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Chicken neck, back imports undermining local production, says JB exec
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Jamaica Broilers Group says the large volume of chicken neck and back being imported into the island is undermining local production, not just for the company but for thousands of backyard chicken farmers. While admitting that the company cannot, by itself, satisfy local demand, Group Vice President of Accounting and Information Systems Donald Patterson said the…
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New Ja-T&T trade war – Duties imposed on product after questions arise over origin
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICAN AUTHORITIES have imposed duties on the importation of lubricating oil from Trinidad and Tobago in another round of trade wars between the Caribbean territories. Industry Minister Anthony Hylton told legislators yesterday that he has exercised his ministerial authority to secure the transfer of $184 million to the Consolidated Fund. The money, Hylton said, represented duties charged…
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The CARICOM trade imbalance — Jamaica/T&T
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Recently, there have been a number of rash and, in some instances, derogatory letters, describing Jamaica's perceived relationship with Trinidad & Tobago (T&T). Some were whimsical and others simply vacuous. Generally, they demonstrate a lack of understanding regarding the consequences that would result if Jamaica were to demit membership of Caricom, apart from the forfeiture of the…
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