Encroaching sea already a threat in Caribbean

TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) -- The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmo...
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Opposition Leader to file motion of no confidence in government

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – As the coalition People’s Partnership gets ready to celebrate its third anniversary in office, Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley says he is filing a motion of no confidence in the government. A brief statement from the Office of the Opposition Leader gave no details a...
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Haiti crowds defy ban to ‘protect’ ex-President Aristide

Thousands of supporters of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have defied a ban on protests to follow his convoy through the streets. Mr Aristide was attending a courthouse in Port-au-Prince to answer questions about the murder of a well-known journalist in 2000. It was his first appea...
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LIAT shareholders to meet in Barbados on Friday

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The shareholder governments of the regional airline, LIAT, will meet in Barbados on Friday, but a planned meeting in Bridgetown with Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will not materialise, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has said. He told a ...
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Transfer sentiments about Air Jamaica to Fly Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica - TRINIDAD-BASED Caribbean Airlines (CAL) assumed responsibility for Air Jamaica flights as well as the right to use the Air Jamaica brand name in 2010. But it is clear that Jamaicans still have lingering sentiments about Air Jamaica, which have not been transferred to the new majo...
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CAL Five Absent

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The board of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) did not meet yesterday as scheduled because vice-chairman Mohan Jaikaran and other directors were absent. Jaikaran, who is also the chairman of WIN Communications Ltd (WINTV), was among five directors who were a no-show yesterday. T...
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What’s wrong with Caribbean Airlines?

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Just as soon as the airline begins to show signs of fractured operations, there is a flurry of Caribbean government “actions”, and a plethora of expert articles on what ails the airline and what should be done to make it better. Almost no one seems to remember the principle...
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Be nice!

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS - Tourism authorities are concerned about complaints about rude and arrogant personnel at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA). Commenting on a story appearing on the Back Page of yesterday’s MIDWEEK NATION about ratings Barbados was receiving from some of the visitor...
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UNC will expel Jack

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Former Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West Jack Warner would face expulsion from the United Na­tional Congress (UNC) if he contests the by-election as an independent candidate. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said the party’s constitution does have cert...
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