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Warner resigns as chairman of ruling party
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Less than 24 hours after he submitted his resignation as Minister of National Security, Austin “Jack” Warner has resigned as chairman of the ruling United National Congress (UNC). Media reports said Warner had submitted his resignation hours after being removed from the cabinet. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, who on Sunday night accepted the…
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Boston Marathon bomber manhunt: One suspect dead, second on the run
run BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has left one marathon bombing suspect dead and another on the run, police here said, as residents of the still-grieving city were ordered by officials to “shelter in place” while the manhunt continues. One police officer was killed and another was seriously wounded during the violent spree. The Associated Press identified the surviving…
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Election council to audit vote in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's electoral council says it will audit the 46 percent of the vote not scrutinized on election night, a surprise concession that opposition candidate Henrique Capriles says will prove that he won the presidency. “We are where we want to be,” a satisfied but cautious-looking Capriles told a news conference after the Thursday night announcement. “I…
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Dancing on graves
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Margaret Thatcher and Hugo Chávez came from opposing ends of the political spectrum but, in a curious way, they shared a common trait: both were capable of arousing, in death as in life, great admiration and devotion, on the one hand, and deep loathing on the other. In the latter respect, reactions to their death in their…
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Before Texas plant exploded: What did regulators know?
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite being located within a short walk of a nursing home, school and residential buildings, West Fertilizer Co in central Texas had no blast walls and had filed no contingency plan to the Environmental Protection Agency for a major explosion or fire at the site. It remains unclear what safety measures, if any, were required of…
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National football coached feared dead following vehicular accident
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The coach of the Dominica Football team, Kurt Hector, is among two people missing and feared dead after the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a large hole at Pond Case, south east of here as a result of heavy rains over the past few days. Gerald George, a spokesman for the Dominica Football…
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Duprey, Monteil summoned again
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The lone commissioner in the enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial Limited, Sir Anthony Colman, QC, yesterday ruled that Clico business magnate Lawrence Duprey and former group financial director of CL Financial, Andre Monteil, must present themselves to testify at the ongoing enquiry. Colman, in a 32-page ruling delivered yesterday and distributed to various…
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‘Warner has full Cabinet support’
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – National Security Minister Jack Warner has the “full support of every single member of the Cabinet”, Communications Minister Jamal Mohammed said yesterday. Mohammed was responding to questions on whether the Cabinet had discussed the various controversies associated with Warner and the fact that he continues to be the focus of negative attention. Members of the…
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Gonsalves to attend Commonwealth small states meeting
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will join leaders from across the Commonwealth’s small states at a high-level conference on governance in London from April 23 to 25. The Vincentian delegation will also include the Prime Minister’s wife, Eloise, Minister of National Reconciliation, Maxwell Charles, and Cabinet Secretary, Susan Dougan. While in London, Gonsalves is scheduled…
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Haiti renames airport in honour of late Venezuelan leader
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti says it will rename an airport in the north of the country in honour of the former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez who died of cancer in March. A government spokesman said that the Cap-Haitien International Airport will now be called the Hugo Chavez International Airport. The airport’s 17,500-foot runway was repaved in October…
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