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		<title>Grenada Prime Minister Survives Confidence Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Prime Minister Tillman Thomas survived a vote of no confidence after a marathon debate on the motion ended late Tuesday night in the House of Representatives. Most government parliamentarians voted along party lines, depriving the main opposition New National Party (NNP) of the four votes needed for the motion to carry. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grenada PM Faces No Confidence Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has said that he is not worried about the no-confidence motion filed against him by the opposition and slated to debated in parliament today(May 15). However, pundits are warning that if the no-confidence ends this could bring an abrupt and early end to the rule of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica Intends to Play Pivotal Role in CARICOM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it intends playing an active role in revitalising the regional integration movement CARICOM. Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, delivering the traditional Throne Speech at the start of the new parliamentary session here, said the building of the CARICOM Single Market and economy (CSME) and the pursuit of functional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antigua Opposition Leader Outlines Strategies For Stimulating Local Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1548</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Opposition Leader Lester Bird has called for income tax to be repealed and a reduction in government sales tax in order to revive the ailing economy in Antigua and Barbuda. In a radio broadcast, Bird a former prime minister, also called for an increase in pensions to elderly people as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingraham Quits Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1533</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bahamas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASSAU, BAHAMAS &#8211; Following the Bahamas election results that returned the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party to power, former Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for North Abaco Hubert Ingraham announced his resignation from the House of Assembly and his return to private life after. Mr Ingraham made his somber statement shortly after the unofficial announcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the Bahamas Preliminary Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASSAU, BAHAMAS (OAS) &#8211; At the invitation of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Organization of American States (OAS) deployed an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), composed of 12 international observers. This was the first time that the OAS had been invited to observe General Elections in The Bahamas. The OAS/EOM monitored the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Urges St. Lucians to Help Revive the Ailing Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) &#8211; Prime Minister Kenny Anthony has urged St. Lucians to find ways and means of rescuing the economy from its “very slippery slope” and rise to the challenge of getting the country back to work. In a four hour presentation on the EC$1.4 billion (US$518 million) budget late Tuesday, Anthony who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christie Takes Oath as Prime Minister of The Bahamas</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1520</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASSAU, The Bahamas (BIS) &#8211; Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes swore in the Rt. Hon. Perry Gladstone Christie as the fifth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas during an Appointment Ceremony at Government House, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, one day after the May 7 general election. During the general election, Prime Minister Christie’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consession Speech by Hon. Branville McCartney, Leader DNA</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1526</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nassau, Bahamas &#8211; I would first like to congratulate the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, the newly elected Prime Minister and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) for achieving a decisive victory at the polls yesterday. I would like to also congratulate all of the candidates that won their parliamentary seats and all the candidates that contested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition PLP Wins Bahamas 2012 General Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1515</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASSAU, Bahamas (Associated Press) — Former Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie led the main opposition party to victory on Monday, ousting the ruling party in elections dominated by unhappiness over rising crime and joblessness. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who was seeking a second consecutive term, conceded defeat Monday night after exit polls projected a win [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illegal Move &#8211; Former AGs and Rowley Criticise Plan to Abolish Criminal Appeals to Privy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1501</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) &#8211; Unlawful, unworkable, impractical. These were some of the terms used yesterday to describe the decision of the Government to withdraw on a phased basis from the Privy Council. Weighing-in on the issue were former attorneys general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and John Jeremie, former foreign affairs minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and Opposition Leader Dr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reckless Opposition Slashes Gy$18.5B From Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1498</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(GUYANA CHRONICLE) &#8211; The combined opposition last evening continued to slash the 2012 Budget, crushing the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) by cutting its allocation, and subjecting the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and State Planning Secretariat to the same fate when they made a total cut of $224.419M from the Finance Ministry’s estimates for subsidies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliament to Vote on Budget Today</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1487</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(KAIETEUR NEWS) &#8211; The House will today conclude consideration of the budgetary allocations while in the Committee of Supply before moving to a vote on the $192.8B budget even as the opposition threats to make cuts continue to loom. The cuts, however, are proving to be more of a negotiating tool as was expanded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Sues David Rowe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(JAMAICA OBSERVER) &#8211; Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emerged from the shadows  with a lawsuit against embattled Floridabased Jamaican law professor, David  Rowe. Golding, who had been maintaining a low profile since his Jamaica  Labour Party (JLP) lost the December 29, 2011 general election, alleged in his  suit that Rowe defamed him in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PNM to AG: Stop Legal Moves Against Opposition Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.caribbeanelections.com/blog/?p=1481</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caribelect</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) &#8211; The People&#8217;s National Movement (PNM) is calling on the Attorney General to &#8220;immediately withdraw&#8221; all legal actions against its leader, Dr Keith Rowley, who is Opposition Leader. PNM general secretary Ashton Ford yesterday issued a release on behalf of the party calling on AG Anand Ramlogan to &#8220;cease and desist from behaviour [...]]]></description>
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