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Government to decide on new public holiday to recognise Majority Rule
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says a decision will soon have to be made on whether or not to make Majority Rule on January 10 a public holiday. Prime Minister Perry Gladstone Christie said Bahamians have tended not to see the importance of celebrating Majority Rule, even though it is arguably the most important event in the country’s…
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War of words between radio personality and PM’s attorney
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A radio announcer has pointed an accusing finger at the attorney for Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as being the source of secret and confidential information about the head of government being aired on a local radio station in December last year. The Integrity in Public Office (IPO) said it has already written to Police Commissioner Daniel…
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Group wants de la Bastide to be President
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Michael de la Bastide is being nominated as a candidate to be T&T’s fifth President by the 851 members of a Facebook group. It was created by De La Bastide's brother, Peter. The electoral college will vote on the presidency on February 15 and many believe the former chief justice and former president of the…
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Private sector group wants agreement honoured
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday called on government to honour the agreement reached with the Region Council that brought an end to the crisis in the mining town of Linden last year including the deaths of three people. “Moreover, we are calling on the government to ensure that all the resources necessary…
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Reform urgent for head of state choice
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – High on the list of coming attractions with potential to fulfill or disappoint hopes for a bright and prosperous new year is constitution reform. Late last year, Legal Affairs Minister Prakash Ramadhar, who is also leader of the Congress of the People, described the process of “constitution reform (as) allowing citizens to participate in the…
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PM urges nationals to buy shares in local bank
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonslaves is urging nationals to purchase shares in the Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines that on Monday launched an initial public offering (IPO) hoping to raise expansion capital of more than EC$17 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents). The former state-owned bank, is offering two million shares at…
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Prime Minister warns of consequences in meeting increased salary demands of public servants
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government says while it is anxious to bring closure to the wage and salary negotiations involving public servants it is not going to endorse salaries that would further affect the economic situation in the country and force the island into the clutches of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a nationwide radio…
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Messages on “Insecure Haiti” Refuted
Port-au-Prince, (Prensa Latina) The Communications Ministry of Haiti leads today a campaign refuting a list the US and European media circulate placing Haiti among the most unsafe countries in the world, an allegation it declares false and to prove otherwise it quotes reports from different international bodies. For instance, those sources remind that in Central America and the Caribbean, countries…
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