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Complaining has no place in Caribbean tourism’s future – Stewart
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOUNDER and Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, Gordon “Butch” Stewart says Caribbean governments can derive even more revenue if they would take a more strategic approach to their tourism products rather than front-load tax demands. Addressing Republic Bank's investor briefing conference in Grenada at the end of last month entitled, “Fast Forward Together — Reigning Growth,” Stewart…
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IACHR wants Belize to guarantee rights of indigenous people
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Monday expressed concerns regarding the human rights situation of the Maya indigenous communities in the District of Toledo, in Belize. The IACHR said that it has received information that private companies have been carrying out oil exploration and exploitation and logging activities in the traditional lands of Maya communities under…
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Jamaica to establish database of overseas professionals
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller government says it will establish a comprehensive database of Jamaican professionals and investors abroad. “We will be embarking on a mapping of this later on in the year with the assistance from the International Organization on Migration,” said junior Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Arnaldo Brown. He said the database would…
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US prosecutors charge powerful Caribbean American legislator with embezzlement
NEW YORK, CMC – United States federal prosecutors have charged a powerful Caribbean American legislator with embezzlement. New York State senator, John L. Sampson, who represents the largely Caribbean 19th Senatorial District in Brooklyn, had been charged with stealing funds from the sale of foreclosed properties and using the money to help finance his race for Brooklyn district attorney. Sampson,…
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Haiti hotelier: Aristide develops political party
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to rebuild his political party as the Caribbean nation prepares for legislative and local elections, a prominent hotelier said Sunday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Richard Morse, manager of the Hotel Oloffson, said he has met with Aristide three times in the past two weeks to discuss the…
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PM hints that Warner may not be UNC candidate for by-election
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has indicated that her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner is not an automatic choice of the ruling United National Congress (UNC) to contest the parliamentary seat he vacated in the wake of a damning report of his activities as an international football executive. Warner, who launched his…
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PM defends membership of ALBA
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has been defending his government's decision to join the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) dismissing suggestions that membership would harm the island’s future socio-economic development. Last month, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy said St. Lucia was joining Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and St. Vincent and the…
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Political parties gearing for general election
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The two main political parties used Monday’s Labour Day celebrations to encourage voters to be prepared for a general election that though constitutionally due by 2015, could, according to political observers be held long before that deadline. Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas, addressing a large gathering at the Allers Playing field in the St. Johnson’s…
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