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Bahamas to set up new aviation regulator
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Bahamas government says it will establish a separate entity to regulate the civil aviation sector in the country. Prime Minister Perry Christie said his administration will be establishing the Civil Aviation Authority to serve as a regulator, taking away that function from the Civil Aviation Department that also acted as a service provider. Christie said the…
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The agony of Caribbean travel revisited
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Concerns surrounding State-owned airlines in Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries clearly exist amongst a wide cross section of the community. Evidence of this arose not only from the fact that fellow writer on Caribbean affairs, David Jessop, tackled this issue in the same week that I did, but also from the comments that have been sent to me.…
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Trinidad to host Canada-CARICOM business meeting
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will host a meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canadian public and private sector officials to share best practices, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has announced. Addressing a public meeting of her United National Congress (UNC) at Gasparillo, south of here on Monday night, Prime Minister Persad Bissessar, who last week…
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Ally of slain Curacao politician suspects ‘political motive’ in attack by 2 assailants
A close ally of a charismatic but divisive politician killed by two assailants in Curacao said Monday he believes the lawmaker was slain in some sort of politically motivated attack on the Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Donald Balentina, president of the Curacao political party founded by slain politician Helmin Wiels, told The Associated Press that he…
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OAS Organizes Forum on Political Financing in the Caribbean
The Organization of American States (OAS) will organize, together with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), a Forum to Strengthen the Regulation of Political Parties and Political Financing in the Caribbean, May 8-9, in Bridgetown, Barbados. The event will bring together 42 participants, representing electoral management bodies as well as governing and opposition parties from 14…
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Netherlands PM denounces murder of Curacao politician
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, CMC – Prime Minister Mark Rutte Monday condemned the assassination of Helmin Wiels, the leader of the largest political party in Curacao's coalition government who was shot dead late Sunday in the Punda section of the Dutch island's capital. Rutte spokesman Henk Brons said it is not yet clear whether the Netherlands will assist the police investigation, and…
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Curacao party leader assassinated in drive-by shooting
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The leader of the largest political party in Curacao's coalition government was shot dead late Sunday in the Punda section of the Dutch island's capital, media reports here said. Helmin Wiels of the Pueblo Soberano Party (Sovereign People Party) was reportedly shot in a drive-by shooting around 5 pm (2200 GMT). With his death, the coalition government,…
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