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Barbados Government to inject millions into local economy

Hon. Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Finance and Economic Affiars, Barbados

Hon. Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Finance and Economic Affiars, Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 19 March 2013 (CMC) – The Barbados government says it intends to invest BDS$600 million (One BDS dollar = US$0.50 cents) as part of a new stimulus to improve the local economy and create at least 1,000 new jobs.

“Together when the BDS$355 million taken from this new stimulus package and the BDS$300 million from traditional estimates, we anticipate an injection of BDS$600 million in capital works spending.

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Former judge sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth head of state

His Excellency Anthony Carmona, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

His Excellency Anthony Carmona, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, 18 March 2013 (CMC) – Former High Court judge, Anthony Carmona, 60, was sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth head of state on Monday at a public ceremony held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, on the outskirts of the capital.

In a ceremony carried live on radio and television, Carmona, a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Hugh Wooding Law School, succeeds educator George Maxwell Richards, who ended a 10 year term in the ceremonial post on Sunday. Continue reading →

SVG Opposition leader says PM mismanaged economy

Arnhim Eustace, Leader of the Opposition, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Arnhim Eustace, Leader of the Opposition, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, 17 March 2013 (CMC) – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has accused Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of bringing the Vincentian economy to its worst state since the country gained independence in 1979.

In an address to the New York chapter of the New Democratic Party (NDP), on Saturday, Eustace accused the current administration of mismanaging the economy.

“Let him (Gonsalves) dispute that. In 2012, to our eternal shame, St. Vincent and the Grenadines exported EC$1.1 million in bananas. We used to do that in a week,” Eustace said, noting that the country’s record in banana earning for any one year is EC$111 million. Continue reading →

New senators appointed following embarrassing defeat for government in Senate

Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, 16 March 2013 (CMC) – The brother of former West Indies cricket captain, Viv Richards, is among two new senators named by Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer after he dismissed two government legislators who failed to support legislation for his administration’s Citizenship by Investment Programme that he said would result in significant economic gains for Antigua and Barbuda.

A government statement said that Prime Minister Spencer has advised Governor-General Dame Louise Lake-Tack to appoint Mervyn Richards and Richard Lewis as senators following the dismissal of Colin Derrick and Anthony Stuart. Continue reading →

Dominica PM hints at early poll, wants clean sweep

Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica

Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica, 13 March 2013 (CMC) – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has hinted at an early general election and has already told supporters that he intends to follow the record set by Grenada’s ruling New National Party (NNP) of a clean sweep of the seats in the upcoming poll.

Speaking at a public meeting to thank supporters for the three years of legal battles to determine whether or not he and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean were legally nominated to contest the last general election, Skerrit said that he wants the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) to remain in opposition for another five year term. Continue reading →

Former PM St. Vincent and the Grenadines calls for Opposition Leader to step down

Sir James Mitchell

Sir James Mitchell

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, 4 March 2013 (CMC) – The founder of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) and former prime minister Sir James Mitchell has again called on Arnhim Eustace, the man he handpicked to succeed him as leader of the party, to step down.

“My party needs to re-evaluate itself. It needs to understand in all honestly where they are,” Sir James, who retired from politics in 2000, said of the NDP, which he founded in 1975. Continue reading →

PM Douglas announces minor re-shuffle following court ruling

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas

Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, 1 March 2013 (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas has announced a minor re-shuffle of his Cabinet following a High Court ruling on Thursday that the appointment of Jason Hamilton as the Attorney General and as a fourth Senator in the National Assembly was declared null and void.

In a radio and television broadcast on Thursday night, Dr. Douglas said that Education and Information, Agriculture, Marine Resources and Cooperatives Nigel Carty had resigned to facilitate the re-appointment of Hamilton, the youngest ever attorney general here, back into his post. Continue reading →

PM Stuart names new Cabinet

Hon. Freundel Stuart

Hon. Freundel Stuart

BARBADOS, 28 February 2013 -

The following is the full address by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart as he announced his new Cabinet. 

Fellow Barbadians

One week has passed since the General Election in Barbados on February 21. I should like to express my heartfelt thanks to all citizens and residents for taking Barbados peacefully through one of the most exciting and exacting election campaigns in our post-independence history. Continue reading →

Mottley appointed leader of Barbados opposition party

Hon. Mia Mottley, Opposition Leader of Barbados

Hon. Mia Mottley, Opposition Leader of Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, 25 February 2013 (CMC) – Less than a week after he led the Barbados labour Party (BLP) into its second consecutive defeat, Owen Arthur, has been replaced as leader of the party.

Mia Mottley, a former attorney general, who in 2010 lost the leadership of the BLP, was named as the new leader, by BLP executive member flanked by 13 parliamentary members.

The BLP lost the 2013 general election by a 16-14 margin. Continue reading →

CARICOM 24th Inter-Sessional Summit Communiqué

CARICOM Heads of Government; CARICOM Secretary-General and Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States in discussions at the recently concluded 24th CARICOM Intersessional Summit. Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

CARICOM Heads of Government; CARICOM Secretary-General and Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States in discussions at the recently concluded 24th CARICOM Inter-sessional Summit. Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

CARICOM Secretariat, 20 February 2013 - Communiqué Issued at the Conclusion of the Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 18-19 February 2013, Port-Au-Prince, Republic of Haiti

The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port-au-Prince, Republic of Haiti, from 18-19 February 2013. His Excellency, Michel Joseph Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, presided. Continue reading →

Preliminary Statement of the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to Grenada Election 2013

Grenada FflagCARICOM Secretariat, 20 February 2013 – At the invitation of the Government of Grenada, a seven-member CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission arrived in Grenada for the Parliamentary Elections held on Tuesday, 19 February 2013. The Mission was led by Dr. Van Dijk-Silos of Suriname and comprised Observers from the following Member States: Antigua and Barbuda Belize Jamaica; and, Trinidad and Tobago. Continue reading →