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  • January 16, 2013
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    Opposition chided on boycott

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – AS NINE EMPTY benches faced Government yesterday in the House of Assembly during presentation of a $15.7 million supplementary resolution to subsidize diesel, the Opposition boycott came in for a tongue-lashing from a senior minister. Minister of Small Business Denis Kellman noted that yesterday was Government’s fifth “birthday” – the anniversary of the January 13, 2008 election…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Union puts nationwide strike on hold

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) has decided to put on hold, plans for a national strike pending the outcome of talks with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on Friday. Prime Minister Stuart has summoned officials from the union and the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited, to the meeting in a bid to end the impasse…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    BLP boycotts Parliament, calls for election date to be announced

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Tuesday defended its decision to boycott a sitting of Parliament accusing the ruling Democratic Party (DLP) of failing to follow tradition and announcing the date for a general election in Barbados. “The Barbados Labour Party which won the right to vote for all Barbadians of qualifying age, has always…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    GULP to contest February polls

    ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s oldest political party Tuesday signalled its intention to contest the February 19 general elections despite having not won a seat since 1999. Former opposition leader Michael Baptiste will lead the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP) that once dominated politics here under the leadership of then prime minister Eric Gairy, who was removed from office…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Two new one-term govts?

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – TWO countries of the Caribbean Community—Barbados and Grenada—are expected to be involved in parliamentary elections next month. Barbados is yet to announce its election date—Grenada's will be on February 19. But speculations are in full swing about the likelihood of one-term governments in both Bridgetown and St George's under two first-time prime ministers.

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Challenges to EU-Caribbean trade discussed

    LONDON, CMC – Challenges facing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in exporting their goods to the European Union were among matters discussed Tuesday during a meeting of the sub-committee of the Joint United Kingdom-CARICOM Committee on Trade and Investment. The meeting, chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s High Commissioner to London, Garvin Nicholas, was also attended by diplomats from Antigua and Barbuda,…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Africa meets Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A high-powered Africa meets the Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday in Jamaica, before heading to T&T the following Thursday. Theme of the mission is Social Changes: Catalyst for Regional Investment, Growth & Development and it is organised by UK-based Caribbean Enterprise Network UK (CENUK) in collaboration with its affiliate, Priority First UK Ltd.…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    Regional efforts to combat HIV/AIDS moving ahead

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean has approached the problems related to HIV/AIDS in a collective way. This is the opinion expressed by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, Edward Greene. “I believe that the region has good support from critical agencies; in particular the UN system, UNAIDS and from the US government through PEPFAR. They…

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  • January 16, 2013
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    CXC celebrates forty

    St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test. CXC registrar Myrick Smith told state media this morning that the council is in a continuous process of improving the exam.

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  • January 16, 2013
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    CARICOM leaders to meet in Haiti next month

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in Haiti next month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced Tuesday. It said that the arrangements for the February 18-19 meeting had been finalised at the 31st meeting of the CARICOM Council of Ministers meeting here on Monday. This will be the first time that Haiti will be host of a…

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