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Lessons for Jamaica from the Thatcher legacy
legacy KINGSTON, Jamaica – In death, as in life, Margaret Thatcher remains a hugely divisive political figure: The tributes from admirers read more like hagiography writings on the lives of saints, rather than biography. Detractors conjure up one her nicknames — “Thatcher the milk snatcher” — to recall how she removed milk from the public school-feeding programme to save money…
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Clashing With Margaret On Grenada
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The recent passing of one of the greatest political leaders of the 20th century was a shock to all who knew of her powerful leadership. Her policies were transformational, redirecting global political thinking and empowering the call for action. Her mission was a supreme belief in the force of the market and the power of the individual…
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Thatcher and the Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica – For days to come, we can expect virtual saturated international media coverage of Britain's only and longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, Baroness Margaret Thatcher. Her unique political leadership style, her bullish toughness as a politician in wielding State power and intimidating dissent, even within her own Conservative party, had earned her the (un)flattering sobriquet 'Iron…
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BRICS WITHOUT MORTAR
Last month, China’s new president, Xi Jinping, chose Moscow for his first foreign visit. He and President Vladimir Putin announced a number of agreements and then traveled to Durban, South Africa, for the fifth BRICS summit, where they joined with the leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa to announce the creation of a new development bank that could challenge…
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OFFSHORE FINDINGS SPARK FUROR
MOSCOW — A leak of details about offshore bank accounts belonging to Russian businesspeople and the wife of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov threatens to embarrass President Vladimir Putin, who has vowed to crack down on the use of tax havens. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a network of 160 journalists around the world, has started releasing its…
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Raid at Guantánamo detention center
WASHINGTON, CMC – United States military officials on Saturday announced that US forces raided the detention center in Guantánamo, Cuba, systematically emptying communal cellblocks in an effort to end a three-month-old hunger strike that detainees claimed was sparked by mistreatment of the Quran. “Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons and, in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired,” according to a…
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US Coast Guard rescues six men adrift near
Haiti MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued six men rescued off the coast of Haiti. The Coast Guard said Sunday, the six, whose identities were not released, were located about 37 nautical miles from Ile de la Tortue, Haiti. The US Coast Guard said that its District Seven command center had received a report…
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T&T to open embassy in China
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Within a month T&T will open its embassy in Bejing, China, more than 30 years after China established its embassy here in T&T. On June 20, 1974 China established diplomatic relations with T&T and in April of 1975 the embassy was established. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran sees no issue in the delay in reciprocating.…
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PM speaks at UN today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is to deliver remarks today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. She will speak at the thematic debate on “The UN and Global Economic Governance”, a news release from the Office of the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister’s speech will be carried live on CNMG at approximately 9.30…
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