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  • Multi-million dollar poultry farm for Antigua?

    ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) says negotiations are continuing with investors for the establishment of a US$75 million poultry farm here. A statement posted on the government website said the project, which will focus mainly on the export market, will provide direct employment for approximately 800 people. ABIA chairman Dr. McChesney Emanuel has…

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  • Government and Opposition clash over greater autonomy for Tobago

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday dismissed suggestions that her coalition People’s Partnership government was introducing legislation to grant greater autonomy to Tobago ahead of the January 21 election for control of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). But Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley described the proposed amendment to the Trinidad and Tobago Constitution…

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  • Stuart: My call

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Asking what the fuss was all about, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart insisted last night that elections would be called when he says so and that the date had been fixed in his mind since the St John by-election two years ago. Giving his “unequivocal and emphatic endorsement” to Democratic Labour Party (DLP) candidate for St Michael South East…

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  • OAS official warns illegal drugs fuelling ongoing crime situation in the hemisphere

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A two-day conference of the Caribbean Outreach Working Meet on Drug Problems began here on Wednesday with a senior Organisation of American States (OAS) official warning that the crime situation, which is being fuelled by the drugs trade, has gotten worse. Secretary for the Multidimensional Security of the OAS, Ambassador Adam Blackwell told delegates…

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  • Terrorism and global instability

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS there was increasing evidence that France wanted to assert its power in many flashpoints around the world. It started with former President Nicolas Sarkozy and now being promoted by current President François Hollande. The opportunity has presented itself in the Central African country of Mali where French forces have bombed the bases…

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  • Cholera confirmed in Havana, Cuba

    Cuban health officials verified Tuesday a small cholera outbreak in Havana, the capital city of Cuba, the largest occurrence of the disease on the island nation in decades. In August authorities confirmed the potentially deadly disease was gone, but a new statement by the Cuban Health Ministry today said 51 cases had been confirmed. “Fifty-one cases have been confirmed to…

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  • Petition to exonerate Marcus Garvey moves to US Congress

    MIAMI, CMC – A Miami-based group spearheading an initiative to exonerate Jamaican Marcus Garvey has expanded its online petition to the US House of Representatives. The Coalition for the Exoneration of Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s first National Hero, said it is urging the US Congress to clear his name once and for all. Geoffrey Philp, a spokesman for the group, said…

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  • New ball for the Windies?

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – In 2005, West Indies cricket took an exciting turn with the launch of the Stanford 20/20 tournament, and later the Stanford Super Series. These competitions injected new life into the standing of the game throughout the region, with its big entertainment factor and, of course, mind-boggling prize monies. Fears about the future popularity of cricket subsided, as…

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  • Government moves to restrict granting of waivers

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon move to restrict the discretionary power of the finance minister to grant waivers. Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Peter Phillips says a comprehensive review of the discretionary power of the Minister of Finance to grant waivers has been completed, with a view to improving the efficiency of the tax…

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  • St. Lucian appointed CCRIF first full time CEO

    GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The regional governments owned Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it has appointed St. Lucian Isaac Anthony as its first full time chief executive officer. Anthony, a former senior public servant, has served on the boards of key regional financial institutions, including the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). He took up his new…

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