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Bahamas pays tribute to late British prime minister
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas Monday joined the international community in paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher, described as Britain’s most dominant prime minister since Winston Churchill. Thatcher, 87, had been in declining health for some years, suffering from dementia. She died peacefully following a stroke. Observers said the death of Sir Denis Thatcher, her husband of 50 years and…
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Trinidad PM describes death of former British PM as “a profound sense of loss”
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Monday described the death of Britain’s former head of government, Margaret Thatcher as “ a profound sense of loss”. “The United Kingdom and indeed the world, has lost a woman who, throughout her life, has been a valuable contributor to local and global efforts to improve the well-being of…
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Margaret Thatcher: economic transformation, political polarization
KINGSTN, Jamaica – MRS Margaret Thatcher, who secured her place in British history as the first and only female prime minister of Great Britain, died yesterday at the age of 87 years. Referred to as the “Iron Lady”, the epithet given to her by cold war Soviet Union, Mrs Thatcher ruled for 11 divisive years (May 1979 – November 1990),…
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EDITORIAL – Take Thatcher’s grit
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Whatever your view, good or bad, of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister (PM) who died on Monday, there is no gainsaying that she was a transformative figure whose influence transcended the United Kingdom (UK). Further, in our current circumstance, Baroness Thatcher, her politics, and the way she forced Britain to confront its economic demons have…
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Thatcher was Jamaican ally
KINGSTON, Jamaica – One of Jamaica's closest allies at the end of the Cold War in the 1980s was Great Britain under then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as the Conservative Party in that country and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) shared a similar vision. Dubbed the 'Iron Lady', Thatcher was a close political ally of former prime minister of Jamaica,…
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Margaret Thatcher, formidable on many levels
She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margaret Thatcher, who helped bury socialism as a doctrine of governance. She had the smooth, cold surface of a porcelain figurine, but her decisiveness made her the most formidable woman in 20th-century…
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Member of Royal family to visit Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A member of the British Royal family is due here on April 15 for a five-day visit, it has been officially announced. A government statement said that Prince Michael Of Kent, will attend a special luncheon hosted by Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen on April 16 and also pay an official visit to the Sir John Golding…
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