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Plans for tighter electoral laws; as new parliamentary session opens
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government will table legislation that will make it mandatory for potential candidates in a general election to declare whether or not they are in possession of a passport from another country. Dame Pearlette Louisy, delivering the traditional Throne Speech at the start of a new session of the St. Lucia parliament on…
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T&T trade team off to Canada
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – As the Prime Minister begins the first full day of her official four-day visit to Canada today, a trade and investment mission facilitated by InvesTT and ExporTT will conduct a concurrent session from tomorrow. “From April 25-27, a delegation of Trinidad and Tobago senior government officials and private sector business leaders will conduct a trade…
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World Bank team to visit next month
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A World Bank mission is expected in Jamaica next month to continue work on the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS). The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips while speaking to JIS News in Washington, DC, on the outcome of the April 19-22 regular Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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Worrying signal from Mr Williams
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – t is rather worrisome that acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams should have chosen to fulsomely praise fired national security minister Jack Warner. “He has been an exceptional minister, and I want to put that on record,” Mr Williams told the media last Monday. Even in the normal course of affairs, the Commissioner of Police should…
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Act 1 of political play
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – If Fifa’s President Sepp Blatter carries out his stated intention to have the Jack Warner matter sent before a compelling international tribunal, the former Fifa vice president will have his day in court with his “silk” to argue for and demonstrate his innocence. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is not so fortunate; there is no time-lag…
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FIFA-CONCACAF: Warner bites the dust
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The storm that had been blowing and strengthening in the direction of Trinidad & Tobago National Security Minister Jack Warner’s direction for the last five years or so, has finally hit him with full force. The former President of CONCACAF’s resignation as FIFA Vice President in 2011, signalled that he was beginning to perceive that all was…
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‘Trini’ politics and Jack Warner
KINGSTON, Jamaica – AUSTIN 'Jack' Warner, who on Monday felt compelled to quit as Trinidad and Tobago's minister of national security, following scathing findings of a CONCACAF-authorised probe, seems to be the kind of politician one could either easily admire or strongly dislike. His name is virtually synonymous with management of regional/international football and there are those who consider him…
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‘No backlash from Jack’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday that she does not expect any backlash from her former top Government Minister, Jack Warner. In fact, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that Warner will continue to toe the party and Government line and do the right thing. Since his resignation as National Security Minister and United National Congress…
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Caribbean countries discussing healthcare associated infections
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A three-day regional workshop on the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections began here on Tuesday with Health Minister Julius Timothy warning of the increased financial burden on governments to treat with patients hospitalised as a result of those infections. “The highest risk is for young babies especially premature babies in the first month of life, patients admitted…
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TCI to work with Haiti to prevent illegal migration
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) says it wants to work better with Haitian authorities to prevent the flow of illegal migrants into the British Overseas Territory. Governor Ric Todd has held talks with the TCI-based Haitian Consul General, Karlo Pellissier and a statement issued afterwards noted that the meeting was called to…
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