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Minister returns home after seeking medical treatment in Martinique
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Health Minister Julius Timothy, 61, has returned to Dominica less than a week after he was flown to the neighbouring French island of Martinique for medical treatment. The state-owned DBS radio confirmed Timothy’s return, but gave no details about his ailment. Last week, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said Timothy, who had collapsed at his office, had…
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CAL staff angry as top executive orders US$20,000 trip for 19 ‘friends’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Vice-chairman of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) Mohan Jaikaran is proving the state enterprise is not cash-strapped, as he has requested 19 complimentary airline tickets for a Mother’s Day concert scheduled for New York City and Toronto this weekend, of which he is a co-promoter. The directive caused raised eyebrows among management, as two weeks ago…
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EU provides millions in aid to St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The European Union is providing EC$37 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) over a five year period to St. Lucia under the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) to finance the government’s Agricultural Transformation Programme (ATP). “Today marks another milestone on our journey towards the restructuring of our agricultural sector. This we hope to achieve through…
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Gov’t to discuss Air J fallout with CAL team
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A high-level team from Trinidad and Tobago is to arrive in the island in a few weeks to hammer out an arrangement with the Jamaican Government over recent actions relating to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), including the carrier's plan to drastically reduce flights to Jamaica. “I have agreed with Minister Bharath, who has responsibility for CAL in the…
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Diplomatology: We’re not ready
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Last Friday, Malay Mishra, India’s High Commissioner to T&T, arrived from Grenada on Liat flight 727. No immigration forms were issued on the flight, and everyone, flight crew included, had to fill out the required forms on entry at the Piarco Terminal. What happened after Mr Mishra entered the building remains almost perfectly inexplicable. The…
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Jamaica, T&T and Barbados placed on Intellectual Property Watch List
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA is among 30 trading partners of the United States of America placed on a 2013 Intellectual Property Watch List, described as “meriting bilateral attention to address underlying Intellectual Property Rights problems”. It joins Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Paraguay,…
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PM to hold talks with foreign investors
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Prime Minister Perry Christie is in the United States for talks with potential investors as well as to attend the “christening of Norwegian Cruise Lines new cruise ship “Breakaway”, according to a government statement issued here. It said that Christie, who is leading a four-member delegation that includes Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe, will speak at the…
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Trinidad and Tobago gives assurances to Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada said Tuesday it is prepared to take its concerns to a “higher body” if Trinidad and Tobago does not live up to its commitment to resolve the restriction imposed on the import of honey from t6he neighbouring Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The issue was discussed at the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)…
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