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CAL’s constant indebtedness
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Just six years after it was created to replace its debt-ridden predecessor, BWIA, state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is facing severe financial turbulence. There are reports of a $500 million debt that the airline is seeking to address with long-term financing from local banks. The carrier’s latest financial statements show that CAL’s losses almost doubled from…
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T&T, Guatemala signs Aide-Memoire
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – After two days of extensive dialogue and negotiations, T&T and Guatemala have concluded their final round of negotiations with the signing of an Aide-Memoire on Wednesday at the Ministry of Trade in Port-of-Spain. The Aide-Memoire summarised the items discussed, amended and agreed to over the two-day negotiating period. Present to oversee the signing was the…
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Gov’t tables CCJ Bills
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE Government has once again tabled Bills in the House of Representatives as it pushes to keep its promise to replace the United Kingdom-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica's final appellate court. Leader of Government Business in the House, Phillip Paulwell, gave notice of first reading of the Bills on behalf…
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Kerry Encourages Venezuela Recount
CARACAS, Venezuela — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that Venezuela should hold a recount of votes cast in its presidential election, which the country’s electoral authorities say was narrowly won by a protégé of former President Hugo Chávez. The protégé, Nicolás Maduro, was declared the winner of Sunday’s special election with a margin of less than two percentage…
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EDITORIAL – America must not surrender democracy
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Like President Obama, this newspaper hopes that America will soon find out who is responsible for Monday's bombings in Boston and that they are made, as he puts it, “to feel the full weight of justice”. Yet, we appreciate the measured and methodical approach of the United States in getting the facts, rather than, as some would…
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Ruling party congratulates Maduro, blasts opposition party
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) has congratulated president –elect Nicolas Maduro on his victory and has dismissed critics who point to his slim victory in Venezuela. At least seven people were killed and 61 were injured in post-election violence across Venezuela, state media reported Tuesday. Violence erupted in Venezuela after authorities rejected opposition candidate…
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Prominent author/researcher dies
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – One of the authors of the history of St. Lucia , Robert Devaux has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 79. Devaux, a field engineer by profession, spent his lifetime the history, ecology, landscape and culture of St Lucia. He served as director of the St. Lucia National Trust and wrote and…
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