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CXC worried at high rate of absenteeism
The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Tuesday said poor preparation during the January sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) is due to the continued high levels of absenteeism. “While it is important for CXC to continue to expand access of its examinations through the January sittings, the rate of absenteeism for these examinations…
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Pilot dies as Cessna aircraft crashes in Guyana
Guyana Aviation – A single-engine aircraft crashed upon landing at Eteringbang, a remote mining community in western Guyana, according to a senior official from the Guyan Civil Aviation Authority. The Cessna 206 registered (8R-GHB) to Fenix Airways was piloted by Captain Randy Liverpool, a former Air Traffic Controller, who perished in the accident. This mishap…
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St. Kitts and Nevis Opposition leader wins passport case
CMC – Former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Dr. Denzil Douglas on Wednesday scored a major victory in the passport case brought against him by the Attorney General when the court ruled in his favour. The government took Dr. Douglas to court seeking a declaration to have him disqualified from being a member of the National Assembly on the…
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Single-engine aircraft crashes in Guyana
Guyana Aviation – The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that a single-engine Cessna aircraft has crashed in the vicinity of Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara around 7 p.m. The American registered aircraft was said to have the pilot and three other passengers on board. The plane, which bears United States registration markings, went…
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Trump pleads with Venezuela’s military to back Guaido
President Donald Trump on Monday pleaded with Venezuela’s military to support opposition leader Juan Guaido and issued a dire warning if they continue to stand with President Nicolas Maduro’s government. “You will find no safe harbour, no easy exit and no way out. You will lose everything,” Trump said in a speech at Florida International…
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PM’s wife among 9 women to contest general elections in Dominica
CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has named nine women, including his wife, Melissa, in a virtually new slate of candidates as the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) seeks to maintain power in the upcoming 2020 general election. Addressing the DLP Special Delegates Conference in Londonderry on Sunday, Skerrit dropped a number of senior ministers…
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Regional transport ministers meeting in St. Vincent
Regional transport ministers are meeting here Monday on a to discuss a number of critical matters including the restructuring of the Regional Transportation Commission. The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat said that the special meeting of the Council or Trade and Economic Development (COTED) focusing on Transportation, will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph…
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Haitians say they will keep protesting until President Jovenel Moise resigns
Haitians have vowed to keep protesting until President Jovenel Moise resigns, despite his announcement of upcoming economic measures designed to quell more than a week of violent demonstrations across the country. Moise said during a televised address late Thursday that he would not surrender the country to armed gangs and drug dealers, and he accused…
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Op-ed: How Bad Does Venezuela Have to Get (Until We Say ‘Enough’)?
By Linda S. Taglialatela The people of Venezuela are suffering from man-made political and economic crises that have transformed a once thriving and prosperous democracy into a place beset by poverty, corruption, and repression. More than three million Venezuelans have fled and sought refuge in other countries. Maduro and his cronies have bled the country…
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Monetary Council to meet in St Kitts
The 93rd Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be held at the Bernice White Lecture Room at the ECCB Headquarters in Basseterre, St. Kitts on Friday. The meeting is being held under the chairmanship of Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. During Friday’s session, the Monetary Council will receive…
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Elected officials should not be dual nationals
By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own) The law…