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Renewing confidence in CARICOM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – I F ALL goes well with the work programmes for two ministerial council meetings this week in Port of Spain, the people of the Caribbean Community should have a good idea of what to expect with top priority issues when the region’s Heads of Government gather in Trinidad and Tobago for their 34th summit in…
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CARICOM defends position on taking rum issue before WTO
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries say they will continue to oppose subsidies being granted to the UK-based Diageo, one of the world’s biggest producers of rum, because of the impact the subsidy is having on rum producers in the Caribbean. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin La Rocque told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that…
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Environmental groups denounce destruction of Maya archaeological site
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Institute of Archaeology has launched an investigation into the destruction of a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize. Pictures broadcast on a local television network over the weekend showed the near total destruction of the Noh Mul site, which means Big Hill. Officials of the Institute of Archaeology said they were shocked when they arrived…
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New global order needed
KINGSTON, Jamaica – T TAKES just one relatively small hurricane this season to throw our International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement off course. There is no provision for that, no special fund where we can access adequate resources to offset the kind of economic dislocation which results from our natural-hazard vulnerability. Adverse changes in the global economy, too, can overturn all…
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OAS urging helps focus on T&T party funding
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago should not need the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to admonish this country about the dangers to good government and to democracy posed by political funding. Miguel Insulza has been the latest high official to mount a bully pulpit on the subject, addressed to political parties and ruling…
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Attorney General urges support for anti-money laundering legislation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government is seeking support for the passage of amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act, warning it is in the country’s interest and should supersede political interest. Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall, in an interview broadcast on the state-owned National Communication Network (NCN), said it is important for…
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Government pumping millions into ICT sector
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is pumping an estimated US$20 million in the development of the information communication technology (ICT) sector, Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell has said. “Jamaica is on a growth trajectory once more. We are seeing expansion taking place, especially in Montego Bay, and we want to facilitate and encourage that.…
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Prime Minister to outline budget measures on Tuesday
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will Tuesday provide details of his administration’s fiscal policy for the next 12 months when he presents the national budget to Parliament. The government is expected to table an EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) fiscal package and has already indicated that the recently introduced value added tax…
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