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LABOUR-Government issues veiled threat to striking civil servants
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Wednesday expressed its “most sincere gratitude and appreciation” to civil servants who have defied strike action by their colleagues over demands for increased salaries and have turned out to work. In a statement, the Kenny Anthony administration said that their selfless actions have ensured that vital governmental services to the general…
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Police denied permission to stage candle light vigil outside administration building
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) Wednesday said that Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams had been ill advised when he refused to grant permission to police officers to take a candle light vigil to the police administration building. The PSWA is staging a prayer and candle light procession later on Wednesday night to…
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Jamaican-born legislator calls for more support for illegal Caribbean youths
NEW YORK, CMC – Jamaican-born legislator, Nick Perry, is calling for more support for illegal Caribbean youths in the United States. Perry, a New York State Assemblyman, who represents the predominantly Caribbean 58th Assembly District in Brooklyn, New York, said that he is standing firmly behind the New York State Assembly’s “million dollar commitment” to fund the creation of the…
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Caribbean governments announce transfer of BAICO business to Sagicor
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Eastern Caribbean governments Wednesday said they had finalised an agreement allowing for the transfer of British-American Insurance Company Limited (BAICO) traditional insurance business to Saigicor. In June last year, the government grouped under the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) said they would provide funding to assist in restoring value to the transferring policies as they…
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Urgent meeting to discuss new threat to banana industry
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-Agriculture Ministers from the Windward Islands will be meeting here on Thursday to prepare for another major threat to the still vital regional banana industry. The industry is grappling with the Asian banana disease, described as a new and formidable enemy, which authorities describe as being worse than Black Sigatoka. Officials say the disease is fairly new…
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Jamaica pointed to cheap solutions to internal trade barriers
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica faces external non-tariff barriers to trade mainly from the United States, followed by Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda. But a new report also cites Jamaica for throwing up its own internal blockades to trade flows, which hamper exports. The new International Trade Centre (ITC) report on non-tariff barriers (NTMs) in the Caribbean indicates that export inspections…
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IMF programme held up
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says “contingency discussions” involving various international financial institutions have held up its programme for approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips told legislators that the discussions involve the IMF, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the World Bank “regarding the extent of the commitment from each institution to…
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Cabinet retreats again!
KINGSTON, Jamaica – FOR THE fifth time since forming the Government in January 2012, the Portia Simpson Miller-chaired Cabinet is to go into retreat. Sandrea Falconer, minister with responsibility for information, said the Cabinet retreat will take place this Sunday. “Cabinet ministers will discuss the growth agenda, including job-creation strategies, human-capital development, social inclusion, improved security and safety, fiscal prudence,…
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