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  • March 21, 2013
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    Regional countries urged to collaborate more to take advantage of trade agreements

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Foreign Affairs Minister Maxine McLean Wednesday urged Caribbean governments to capitalise on opportunities to work together to chart a path towards regional economic development. Addressing the two-day colloquium hosted by the Barbados-based Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) McLean highlighted the importance of trade to counteract “perceived weaknesses” across the region. “This is a critical…

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  • March 21, 2013
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    Immigration Officer denies existence of policy to treat CARICOM nationals badly

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A veteran immigration official Wednesday denied that Barbados had been treating Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals harshly in contravention of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) that allows for the free movement of people across the region. Senior Immigration Officer Merlo Reid told the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that passengers entering Barbados have to satisfy…

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  • March 21, 2013
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    Crime and regional transportation affecting Caribbean trade

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Wednesday warned that crime and difficulties surrounding regional air transportation were major stumbling blocks towards making greater progress in regional trade.  Addressing the two-day colloquium hosted by the Barbados-based Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) Gonsalves said  high crime levels in several countries were not only…

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  • March 21, 2013
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    World Bank suspends funds to Grenada

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The World Bank has suspended disbursements to Grenada after seven loan defaults in February. The Washington based financial institution said no new loans would be issued to Grenada unless the island makes good on the overdue payments amounting to US$750,000. The payments were due on February 15 February and the World Bank has written to…

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  • March 21, 2013
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    U.N. calls on Haiti to set long-delayed election

    MIAMI — As a Haiti investigative judge demanded that two parliamentarians be held accountable in the recent assassination of a police officer, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on the country's political leaders to redouble efforts to break a 16-month political impasse preventing the staging of long-overdue elections. “If elections are not held in 2013, it will become ever…

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  • March 21, 2013
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    Former premier charged

    GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Former premier William McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with two counts of misconduct after he was arrested late last year. Bush, 57, who will appear in court next month, is also facing four counts of Breach of Trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly, contrary to Section13 of the Anti-Corruption Law 2008, and…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    EDITORIAL – Echoes from the wrong war

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – Yesterday's deadly bomb blasts in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities were bloody reminders of the country's continued instability and the fact that it could still collapse into a Balkanised entity, or even a completely failed state. But perhaps the greater lesson from today's Iraq is of the dangers that lurk when citizens are cowed or cajoled into…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    EDITORIAL: Syria is bleeding to death

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Last Friday was the second anniversary of the uprising in Syria and is a brutal reminder of the impotence the entire world has shown in resolving a conflict that has wrought destruction on one of the Arab world’s leading countries. It is reported that about one million Syrians are displaced, while 1.5 million refugees have streamed across…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Obama, Arriving in Israel, Offers Reassurance

    TEL AVIV – President Obama landed here on Wednesday to begin a highly symbolic two-day visit to Israel, the first of his presidency, offering reassurances to a wary Israeli public of the support of its American ally as Israel faces threats from Iran and uncertainty in its roiling neighborhood. Stepping into a sparkling noonday sun at Ben-Gurion International Airport here,…

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  • March 20, 2013
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    Douglas Orane: Time for dramatic change to structure, governance of WI cricket

    KINGSTON, Jamaica – “It is incumbent in all of us to make our voices heard, armed with the facts, that the time has come for a dramatic change to the structure and governance of the West Indies Cricket Board as called for by the Patterson Report.” Those were the words of Douglas Orane, as he threw out a challenge to…

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