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Business and human rights group team up to deal with corruption
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Tuesday said they intend lobbying the Guyana government to beef up the necessary institutions to deal with corruption. In a joint statement, the two organisations agreed that the “perception of corruption of Guyana is too important to be ignored and negatively impacts on business…
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PM says she knows nothing about minister’s son being investigated in United States
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says she has no information that the son of a minister in her Cabinet is allegedly being investigated by United States law enforcement officials. Speaking with reporters as she toured several police stations on Tuesday, Prime Minister Persad Bissessar confirmed she had asked the question after media reports surfaced…
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No place for the politics of cronyism
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is most unfortunate, but a number of Caribbean countries have been stained by corruption that has not gone unchecked in the international community. Drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, police killings, facilitating tax evasion, bribery of politicians, human rights abuses of every kind, corruption in governance, and lack of transparency in public procurement are but a…
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DPP says she can’t prosecute Cabinet at this time
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn Tuesday said her office cannot at this time properly initiate criminal prosecution against any member of the Jamaica government over the failure to submit certain information to the Office of the Contractor General (OCG). In a statement, the DPP said that she also made the decision not to…
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Police claim to be more worried following talks with government on precepting soldiers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) Tuesday said it is “more worried now” regarding the move by the coalition People’s Partnership government to precept soldiers into the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). The PSWA met with National Security Minister Austin Jack Warner and the leader of Government Business, Dr. Roodial Moonilal, to…
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Opposition, trade unions, NGOs warn of “undeclared state of emergency” in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition politicians, trade unionists and non-government organisations have accused the Kamla Persad Bissessar government of seeking to impose an undeclared state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago as it battles to deal with the escalating crime situation in the twin island republic. Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, speaking at a public meeting organised…
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Europe providing assistance to Anguilla
THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – The Europe Union Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Mikael Barfod has held talks with Chief Minister Hubert Hughes and Governor William A. Harrison ahead of the disbursement of EC$13.3 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) under the island’s Medium Term Economic Strategy (MTES). The EU is providing an overall aid package of…
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PetroCaribe’s impact on Guyana remembered – at Reflection on Chavez
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – THE revolutionary PetroCaribe initiative that allowed signatory nations to benefit from subisdised Venezuelan fuel and the role its architect, Hugo Chavez, the late President of Venezuela, played as a patron in Latin American and Caribbean integration were among the highlights of an afternoon of reflection on Monday, six days after his death. Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni…
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CARICOM and Latin America after Chávez
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Much comment has been made, following the recent death of President Hugo Chávez, emphasizing forebodings about the fate of the PetroCaribe initiative and other forms of assistance, including the creation of the Alba; and the effects of any disappearance of these initiatives on the economic welfare of the Caricom countries, among other countries of the hemisphere. A…
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