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US denies plans to remove Cuba from terror list
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States has denied reports that it plans to remove Cuba from a list of countries that support terrorism. “I saw that report. Let me say firmly here it is incorrect,” US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters here. “This department has no current plans to remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list.…
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Raul Castro re-elected for second term
Cuban President Raul Castro has been re-elected for a second five-year term. The 612-member National Assembly of People's Power Sunday elected Castro, who turns 82 in June, as president of the State Council, Xinhua reported. “The National Assembly of People's Power today approved, in this capital, Army General Raul Castro Ruz as president of the Council of State, and elected…
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Lloyd’s failure to get seconder unbelievable
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – IT is unbelievable that former Guyana and West Indies cricket captain Clive Lloyd has failed to get a seconder as a nominee for the presidency of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). One would have thought that Lloyd who led the West Indies cricket team for over a decade as the number one in the world and…
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Government responds to controversial German advertisement
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Government has responded to concerns surrounding the controversial advertisement by German appliance company Saturn, which includes images showing the improper handling of the Jamaican flag. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said the commercial appears to be well intentioned, as it seeks to use the powerful symbolism of Brand Jamaica to…
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Former top cop murdered
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington has described as “shameless, heartless and senseless” the murder of retired deputy superintendent of police, Denzil Boyd, 63, who was shot and killed at his home in the Corporate Area on Sunday. The murder of the well-known former crime fighter has sparked anger among members of the police force, with the…
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Constituents thank God for Manning
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Patrick Manning stood for more than an hour yesterday as members of his San Fernando East Constituency Office held a special thanksgiving ceremony for him. Manning, who spent Thursday night at the San Fernando General Hospital after suffering another seizure, walked into the National Academy for Performing Arts’ (Napa) south campus at…
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Duprey, Monteil refuse to testify as Clico Commission of Enquiry begins tomorrow
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – When the Eleventh Evidence Hearing of the Commission of Enquiry into the collapse of CL Financial and the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) begins tomorrow morning at the Winsure Building, Richmond Street, Port-of-Spain, two major players in Clico and the State’s 2009 $20 billion bailout will not be among the witnesses. Hearings are scheduled to continue…
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Haiti: Jamaica’s embarrassment
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It might sound like the Jamaicanised pronunciation of the number which comes after 79, but Haiti is a historical enigma and its people are a worthy of respect, dignity and even our admiration. This is the last week in Black History Month, and it is ironic that in the 28 days given to us to come to…
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Queen has to go – It’s for Jamaicans to decide – Portia
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reiterated the Jamaica Government’s position on shifting Jamaica further away from its neo-colonial state by putting plans in place to remove the Queen as Jamaica’s head of state. In an exclusive interview with the Jamaica Observer yesterday, Simpson Miller said that utterances by Shaun Bailey, special advisor to Britain’s Prime Minister…
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A clean sweep and a second chance
KINGSTON, Jamaica – THE 'wipeout' of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas's first-term National Democratic Congress (NDC) Administration at Tuesday's general election in Grenada was a stunning political development that has left governance in that CARICOM state where it was some 16 years ago — without a parliamentary Opposition. In sharp contrast, and contrary to the forecasts of pollsters and expectations of…
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