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CARIBBEAN-WEATHER-Tropical storm Felix strengthening in the Eastern Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Tropical storm Felix was strengthening as it made it moved away from the Windward Islands on Saturday. ... Full story
JAMAICA-ELECTIONS- Jamaica police prepared for general election
By Kathy Barrett KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica police said that it would deploy 20,000 members of the security forces across the island on Monday, as Jamaicans vote for a new government. ... Full story
UNITED STATES-COURT- Prosecutors predict long delay in terrorist case against Caribbean nationals
NEW YORK, CMC - United States federal prosecutors working on the case in which four Caribbean born nationals are alleged to have plotted to blow up the John F Kennedy International Airport say it would take months to read all the files containing the evidence against them. ... Full story
BELIZE-AID-Belize to get assistance from IDB
WASHINGTON, CMC -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said it had approved a US$100,000 grant to support Belize’s emergency relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dean, which struck several countries around the Caribbean basin last week. ... Full story
TRINIDAD-AVIATION-Caribbean Airlines to take over Tobago Express
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has approved the take over by Caribbean Airlines of the financially strapped Tobago Express that serviced the air bridge between the two islands, a senior government minister has confirmed. ... Full story
GUYANA-RACE-President Jagdeo to outline future of Ethnic Relations Committee
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Bharrat Jagdeo is expected to make a pronouncement regarding the status of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon has said. ... Full story
GUYANA-ECONOMY-Government defends Value Added Tax system
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The Guyana government has defended the introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system saying it provided the basis for an equitable tax system in the country. ... Full story
CMCfeature-ELECTIONS-Jamaicans vote Monday in high stakes election
By Vernon Daley KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaicans trek to the polls on Monday to elect a new government in a high stakes election that comes at the end of a marathon political campaign. ... Full story
CMCfeature-ELECTIONS-Jamaicans vote Monday in high stakes election
By Vernon Daley KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaicans trek to the polls on Monday to elect a new government in a high stakes election that comes at the end of a marathon political campaign. ... Full story
GUYANA-ECONOMY-Guyana tourism sector benefits from multi-million dollar investments
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST) said private investors pumped more than G$6 billion (US$32 million) in the country’s hospitality sector between January 2006 and June this year. ... Full story
