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Head to arbitration
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC-Prime Minister Kenny Anthony says the negotiations between Government and Public Sector Unions have reached an impasse and has recommended that the issue be sent to arbitration. In an address to the nation on Wednesday Anthony said the government is unable to improve on the 4% offered to the Trade Union Federation which is seeking an increase of…
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Political manoeuvre
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has announced a minor re-shuffle of his Cabinet following a High Court ruling on Thursday that the appointment of Jason Hamilton as the Attorney General and as a fourth Senator in the National Assembly was declared null and void. In a radio and television broadcast on Thursday night, Dr. Douglas…
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Commission of Inquiry report handed over
Georgetown, Guyana– CMC – Seven months after the uprising in the mining town of Linden, Guyana which led to the deaths of three protestors, Lensley Wolfe, Chairman of the Linden Commission of Inquiry, on Thursday handed over the report of the Commission to President Donald Ramotar. “It was indeed a most grueling experience but the focus of all the commissioners…
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What Happened To The Aid Meant To Rebuild Haiti?
After a devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, governments and foundations from around the world pledged more than $9 billion to help get the country back on its feet. Only a fraction of the money ever made it. And Haiti's President Michel Martelly says the funds aren't “showing results.” Roughly 350,000 people still live in camps. Many others simply moved…
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Govt to spend US$3b on maritime projects
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Government is embarking on two major maritime projects as a cost of US$3 billion. This is just one of the several initiatives aimed at creating an investment climate for trade to take place. Trade Minister Vasant Bharath announced when he addressed a conference on Improving the Ease of Doing Business in T&T at the…
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America must not ‘dictate’ to world, new defense chief says
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Decorated Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel was sworn in as U.S. defense secretary yesterday after a bruising Senate confirmation battle, promising to renew old U.S. alliances and forge new ones without attempting to “dictate” to the world. Addressing Pentagon employees shortly after a small, closed-door swearing-in ceremony, Hagel spoke optimistically, if vaguely, about global challenges ahead and the…
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Following Agriculture Ministry’s coconut conference…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – AGRICULTURE Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has indicated that a number of activities have been finalized regarding the future of the coconut industry following a stakeholders’ conference held in the Boardroom of the Ministry of Agriculture last month. The major decision has been how locally produced coconut products are to be exported. In an interview last Monday,…
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Howai: CAL planes safe
(Trinidad Express) Though lacking a GPS system, the 767 aircraft used by Caribbean Airlines to fly to London/Gatwick are suitable because they fulfilled the requirement of having a flight route which ensures the aircraft is no more than 120 minutes away from a suitable airport, Finance Minister Larry Howai stated. Responding to a question in the Senate Monday, Howai said…
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Latin American assassins
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A pastor with the Seventh Day Adventist Church is claiming that Latin American assassins are operating in Trinidad and Tobago and called for an all out war on crime. “We have Latin American assassins in this country. We have Colombians in this society, hired by the godfathers who have the art of slicing heads…
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