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  • May 13, 2013
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    LIAT CEO says salary increase for pilots still possible

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Hours after coming under heavy criticism for his remarks on the issue of increased pay for LIAT’s pilots, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Captain Ian Brunton said the company has not made any decision on the matter. Late Saturday, Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) Captain Carl Burke, criticised Brunton for saying,…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    LIAT as an essential service will stifle workers’ rights – Former LIALPA chairman

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A suggestion that regional carrier LIAT should be put under the umbrella of essential services, has been pegged as a move to deny workers’ right to withdraw their labour when there is a deadlock over a dispute. Former chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots’ Association (LIALPA) Captain Michael Blackburn said, “there is no justification for…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    A wait-and-see situation

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – EVERYONE will wait to see what comes out of the meeting which the LIAT shareholder governments said they want to have with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. It is a meeting that could determine the way forward for the region’s airlines which are facing challenges in relation to operational costs. The subject of the discussions is…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    $200m CAL WRITE-OFF

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – State carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is facing a potential write-off of approximately $200 million in losses, including $60 million lost from what executives say could amount to credit card fraud related to airline ticket purchases. More than $100 million has already had to be written off from the company’s cargo department. A report submitted to…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    CAL on auto pilot

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Who’s minding the store? Yesterday, the Sunday Express reported on the millon-dollar write-off at national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) in the midst of the company’s financial turbulence. Part 2 today considers whether CAL is being run in the best interest of its shareholders, the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, by the people appointed…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    Unnecessary calamity

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The most troubling thing about the current fuss about free travel at Caribbean Airlines is how familiar it all is. During the many decades of the airline’s previous incarnation as BWIA, flights were plagued with freeloading and flight status abuses, whimsical efforts at pampering wealthy, powerful people who were perfectly capable of paying for their…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    Sorry mess at CAL

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The time has come for the Corporation Sole as represented by Finance Minister Larry Howai to step in and rescue the public interest from the politics and mismanagement at Caribbean Airlines (CAL). With red ink running across the airline’s balance sheets, Minister Howai needs to invoke his authority as the representative of shareholding taxpayers and…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    Agro vision

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Dr. Chelston Brathwaite, has called for a new focus on local agriculture that will bring benefits including a reduction in the food import bill. He said the new vision for agriculture should have a focus on making it an integral part of driving agro-related sectors of…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Make it clear for Canadians

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The news that our offshore sector was recently severely criticized in the Canadian parliament is one more inconvenient truth that the Barbados economic policymakers will have to face. In a report earlier this month, the Standing Committee on Finance of that country’s parliament made recommendations to its government on a number of proposals to come down hard…

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  • May 13, 2013
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    PetroCaribe oil agreement remains beneficial

    ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced that it will continue to benefit from the PetroCaribe agreement. According to a Government statement, at the recently concluded 9th Ministerial Meeting of PetroCaribe and the Summit of Heads Venezuelan it was agreed that the PetroCaribe programme will continue in its current form . “Participating countries also…

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