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Caribbean tourism players convene in in the Bahamas
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Many of the biggest players in the Caribbean tourism industry have gathered here for the annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace conference. It is the second year in a row that the Bahamas has been the host country for the conference; it has been held at the Atlantis resort each time. The conference…
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Chen gives CXC thumbs up for entrepreneurship
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Wayne Chen, president of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), has welcomed the Caribbean Examinations Council's (CXC) plans to introduce subjects related to entrepreneurship as part of efforts to boost the economies of the region. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, Chen said it was an initiative for which he had been lobbying for some time. “In fact, just…
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Opposition leader called on to apologise to Speaker of the House
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC-Attorney’s representing Speaker of the House of Assembly, Peter Foster, have demanded an apology from Opposition Leader Stephenson King over remarks in which he accused Foster of conflict of interest surrounding the inquiry into the St. Lucia Fire Service. In a statement last week King claimed that Foster’s law firm had been hired as Counsel to the…
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Government announces new measures to reduce expenditure
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier Craig Cannonier has announced a 50 per cent reduction in the fleet of official cars used by cabinet ministers as his new One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) administration moves to reduce expenditure. Premier Cannonier said while the OBA is still analysing the country's financial state, voters have clearly indicated that they “want and expect our government…
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Salvage company says roughly 1,000 gallons of oil spills into ocean in northern Bahamas
NASSAU, Bahamas – Crews are trying to contain roughly 1,000 gallons (3,785 litres) of oil that spilled into the Atlantic off the northernmost island in the Bahamas, according to the owner of a salvage company in the archipelago. Raymond Darville of Overseas Marine Group Ltd. said the spill occurred early Sunday near an oil and gas storage facility in Freeport…
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Some CARICOM countries trying to block Guyanese goods – Ramsammy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says some CARICOM nations have been operating less than neighbourly by putting up non-tariff barriers to Guyanese products. At a conference for stakeholders in the coconut industry last week he told those gathered that it was an issue the government has to tackle aggressively. “They study us more than we study (ourselves);…
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