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T&T media owners, Govt ministers hold talks as legal battle looms over free airtime
(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) yesterday maintained its objection to giving free airtime to government programmes. President of the TTPBA Kiran Maharaj raised objections during yesterday’s meeting with Communications Minister Jamal Mohammed at his Nicholas Towers office. Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal also attended the meeting, a follow-up to one in October last year. Government is…
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1,600 Jamaican children killed in 12 years (Jamaica Gleaner)
The chilling wail of anguish by parents who have to bury their children is getting louder as criminals seem to set their sights on the island’s defenceless youth. Just over a month into the New Year and, already, The Gleaner has reported at least four children being murdered. Added to the already-long list of children victims are four-year-old Rushaun Burford…
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TRINIDAD-POLITICS-PM to meet opposition to discuss choice for President
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Following the submission by the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) on their choice for President , Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is scheduled to meet with Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley on Monday morning for last-minute discussions on the matter. The PNM has selected Justice Rolston Nelson of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)…
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TRINIDAD-COURT-Former Miss Universe sued
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The coalition People’s Partnership government has filed a suit against former Miss Universe, Wendy Fitzwilliam alleging that she failed to properly advise the directors of a state-owned company on whether to enter into a TT$30 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) investment in 2005 with the China-based Bamboo Network Ltd (BNL). The Sunday…
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UNITED STATES-EDUCATION-Plans to expand college aid for Caribbean immigrant youth
NEW YORK, CMC – A New York state legislature is seeking to expand college aid for young people from the Caribbean and other countries. The State’s Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has joined with his counterpart, Francisco Moya, and the State’s Higher Education Committee Chair, Deborah J. Glick, in introducing the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The…
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CARIBBEAN-IMMIGRATION-US urged to rethink relations with Cuba
WASHINGTON, CMC – A major think tank here is urging the Obama Administration to quickly adopt three important initial steps that would “trigger a speedy rapprochement” with the Spanish-speaking nation. In its latest report, the Washington-based Council of Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) urged Washington to “immediately phase out the embargo, free the ‘Cuban five,’ and remove Havana from the spurious State…
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Explosion in Mexico City Kills at Least 25
MEXICO CITY — A mysterious explosion at the headquarters of Mexico’s state-owned oil company here on Thursday killed at least 25 people and injured 101, according to government officials, as windows shattered, the ground shook and thousands of employees fled into a panicked downtown. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. It occurred just before 4 p.m. in…
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