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URGENT-BELIZE-ELECTION-Ruling United Democratic Party narrowly wins general election
BELMOPAN, Belize, Mar.8, CMC – The ruling United Democratic Party (UDP) of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has won the general election by the narrowest of ... Full story
ST VINCENT-POLITICS-Opposition admits to Antigua meeting
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar. 8, CMC -- The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has confirmed that its leadership recently visited Antigua were it met with potential investors as part of a possible economic citizenship programme, NDP Vice-President Major St. Clair Leacock said Wednesday on radio. ... Full story
ST VINCENT-POLITICS-Opposition admits to Antigua meeting
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar. 8, CMC -- The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has confirmed that its leadership recently visited Antigua were it met with potential investors as part of a possible economic citizenship programme, NDP Vice-President Major St. Clair Leacock said Wednesday on radio. ... Full story
CANADA-BARBADOS-Trial opens of leading insurer in Barbadians’ class-action suit
TORONTO, Canada, Mar. 8, CMC – The trial has begun here in which about 8,000 Barbadians are suing a leading Canadian insurance company for allegedly bilking them of money they should have received when the insurer became a public company, according to media reports here. ... Full story
CANADA-BARBADOS-Trial opens of leading insurer in Barbadians’ class-action suit
TORONTO, Canada, Mar. 8, CMC – The trial has begun here in which about 8,000 Barbadians are suing a leading Canadian insurance company for allegedly bilking them of money they should have received when the insurer became a public company, according to media reports here. ... Full story
US-CRIME-Ringleader jailed for 20 years for smuggling drugs on Caribbean cruise
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Mar. 8, CMC – The American-born ringleader of a heroin ring has been jailed for 20 years and three Caribbean men were also convicted for importing illegal drugs into Baltimore via Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas, federal prosecutors here said. ... Full story
STKITTS-TOURISM-Dubai-based developer ‘plans tourism project in St. Kitts’
BASSETERRE, ST. Kitts, Mar. 8, CMC – A Dubai-based hotel and residential developer is planning a tourism development in St. Kitts as part of a billion-dollar investment project, the office of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas said Thursday in a release quoting a Middle Eastern business magazine. ... Full story
STKITTS-TOURISM-Dubai-based developer ‘plans tourism project in St. Kitts’
BASSETERRE, ST. Kitts, Mar. 8, CMC – A Dubai-based hotel and residential developer is planning a tourism development in St. Kitts as part of a billion-dollar investment project, the office of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas said Thursday in a release quoting a Middle Eastern business magazine. ... Full story
CANANews Wire Service News Schedule at 1200 ECT
Following is the CANANews Wire Service News Schedule at 1200 ECT (1600 GMT): ... Full story
HAITI-MURDER-Ex-central banker, linked to bribery probe, gunned down
PORT AU PRINCE, Mar. 8, CMC – The former central bank governor Venel Joseph, whose son is cooperating with a US government probe into bribery allegations involving former Haitian government officials, has been shot dead, police said on Wednesday. ... Full story
