Articles Tagged “Prime Minister”
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Dominica seeking US$50 million for infrastructure projects from the World Bank.
The Dominica government says it will approach a number of international financial institutions including the World Bank to finance construction of new roadways, river defences, bridges and retaining walls along the east coast of the island. “We are going to be contracting a loan from the World Bank, we have not confirmed it yet but [...]
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CONGRATS: Dominica’s PM – Roosevelt Skerrit marries longtime girlfriend!
JAYBLESSED.com would like to extend congratulations to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on his weekend nuptials to longtime girlfriend, Melissa Poponne. The Prime Minister of Dominica, 40, married his “his sweetheart for many years” at the Bourne Roman Catholic Chapel, followed by a private reception at the Prime Minister’s private residence in Vieille Case, according to [...]
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U.S. Vice President and Wife to Travel to Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago
Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago during the week of May 26th, 2013. In each country, the Vice President will meet with key leaders to discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues. In Brazil, he looks forward to the opportunity to meet [...]
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CONGRATS: Dr. Cecile Le Grenade sworn in as Grenada’s First Female Governor General
The first ever female Governor General of Grenada was sworn into office today with Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell saying that her inauguration serves as a “beacon of hope that can inspire a whole nation”. Former head of the Public Service Commission, Dr Cecile La Grenade, took the oath of office before Justice Margaret Price-Findlay [...]
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DRAMA!!!! Wyclef Jean’s scandal-ridden charity Yele Haiti hit with $100K lawsuit
Wyclef Jean’s scandal-scarred Yele Haiti foundation is being sued by a hospitality firm that says the now-defunct charity owes it $108,972. According to the NY Daily News, Yele stiffed HVS Global Hospitality Services for job training it gave to Haitians in 2011 at the charity’s request, HVS claimed in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme [...]
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Curacao politician Helmin Wiels assassinated on beach!
A prominent politician on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, Helmin Wiels, has been shot dead. Witnesses said he was killed on the beach by gunmen who sped off in a car. Mr Wiels, 54, led the Pueblo Soberano party, which campaigns for independence from the Netherlands. Local media say it is the first time [...]
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World Bank Suspends fund to Grenada
In case you missed it… The World Bank has suspended disbursements to Grenada after seven loan defaults in February. The Washington based financial institution said no new loans would be issued to Grenada unless the island makes good on the overdue payments amounting to US$750,000. The payments were due on February 15 and the World [...]
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Jack Warner resigns as T&T’s National Security Minister following CONCACAF fraud report
Three days after a CONCACAF ethics panel accused Jack Warner of enriching himself through fraud, the former CONCACAF president and FIFA executive committee member resigned from his position as national security minister of Trinidad & Tobago. Warner tendered his resignation to T&T Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Sunday night merely 11 months after she raised eyebrows by naming [...]
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Dominica PM Victorious As Opposition Election Petition Dismissed
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has dismissed an election petition filed by the defeated candidates of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) challenging the nomination of Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean to contest the 2009 general election. Former UWP leader Ron Green and his colleague, Maynard Joseph, [...]
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CONGRATS: PM Stuart and DLP retains Barbados government
Barbadian voters kept with tradition and provided the incumbent party with a second consecutive term in power following a nerve jangling general elections on Thursday. According to the preliminary results, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) won 16 of the 30 seats in the elections with the remainder going to the main opposition Barbados Labour Party [...]
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CONGRATS: Keith Mitchell sworn in as Grenada’s new Prime Minister
Leader of the New National Party (NNP) Dr. Keith Claudius Mitchell was sworn in as prime minister of this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country less than 24 hours after his party swept aside the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tuesday’s general elections in Grenada. Mitchell, 65, a mathematician, becomes the island’s ninth prime minister since attaining political [...]
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St Kitts Prime Minister makes good on his threat and fires senior Cabinet minister
Less than 72 hours after St. Kitts’ Prime Minister, Dr Denzil Douglas, warned two senior Cabinet ministers that they should either resign or submit their resignations if they intended to oppose the government policies, he has fired Senior Minister Dr Timothy Harris. In a radio and television broadcast on Friday night, Dr Douglas said that [...]
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Clean Sweep for PNM in Tobago Elections.
The People’s National Movement (PNM) won all 12 seats in Monday’s Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election. It was a feat which not even ANR Robinson, the architect of Tobago self-determination, had achieved. An historic victory for the Opposition party has enhanced the position of Dr Keith Rowley as leader and as a prime minister [...]
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New Leader Elected For Newly Formed Grenada Party – NUF
The newly formed National United Front (NUF) says it will contest three of the 15 seats in the February 19 general elections and dismissed suggestions that it should be regarded as a breakaway faction of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The party, which held its first convention on Sunday and elected Glynnis Roberts as [...]
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Grenada General Election Set For February 19
General elections in Grenada will be held on Tuesday, February 19. The date was announced at a Sunday evening rally of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by party leader and prime minister, Tillman Thomas. “The time is right to seek a new mandate from the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique,’’ he said. “With [...]
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Prime Minister Tillman Thomas announces dissolution of Grenada’s parliament
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Wednesday night announced that he had asked Governor General Sir Caryle Glean to dissolve Parliament paving the way for a general election in Grenada within 90 days. In a brief radio and television address, Thomas did not name the date for the general election that was constitutionally due by October this [...]
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Husband of Bahamian MP found dead after apparent suicide
The husband of Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin was found dead with a rope around his neck on Saturday in what police believe was a suicide. While the family of Leon ‘Onni’ Martin did not point to circumstances surrounding his death, a statement issued said the family is “deeply saddened on learning of [...]
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Curacao ends 2012 with its third Prime Minister being sworn in!
The new Curacao government was sworn in on Monday morning. The country’s new prime minister is banker Daniel Hodge. This means that Curacao has officially had three prime ministers during the year 2012. The year opened with Gerrit Schotte as prime minister. He was ousted by the majority in Parliament. Acting Governor Adele van der [...]
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Grenada PM praises Kirani James for winning SOSA Award
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has heaped praise on Olympic and World 400m champion Kirani James for receiving the Caribbean Spirit of Sport Award (SOSA) in Trinidad and Tobago last week. The Grenadian quarter-miler was presented with the award after picking up his country’s first Olympic medal in the event at the 2012 London Games in [...]
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Dominica seeks to end ties with Privy Council to join CCJ
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he intends writing Britain later this month seeking permission for Dominica to sever ties with the London-based Privy Council in order to join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). “This month, January 2013 God’s willing, we shall write formally to the British government indicating to them our intention of [...]
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$3.4 Billion Allocated to Tobago – PM says increased financial power for THA.
A wave of change will sweep Tobago come 2013, as Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced that the Parliament’s first order of business in the new year will be the debate of legislation which will see increased financial power for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Among the major changes will be a doubling of the [...]
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T&T Prime Minister says Machel Montano will have to “pay” for his assault offences…
Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has said that international soca star Machel Montano will have to “pay” for breaking the law after he was convicted earlier this week of five criminal offences. “I am very sorry for what has happened. I think he is a great musical icon. We all agree on that. We are [...]
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Antigua PM Receives UN Visionary Leadership Award
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer recently received the South-South and Triangular Visionary Leadership Award in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, Austria. The Visionary Award is given annually to leaders from countries and institutions that focus primarily on the development of the global [...]
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Lester bird resigns as Antigua opposition leader
Less than two weeks after he was defeated for the top post in the main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP), Lester Bird has stepped down officially as Opposition Leader in parliament. In a letter sent to Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Take, Bird wrote that he wished to “demit office as Leader of the Opposition in [...]
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Trinidad women to benefit from US12.5m UN Gender Equality Grant
Women in Trinidad and Tobago are to benefit from a US$12.5 million grant for 39 non-government organizations from across the world. UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet said the funds are being made possible under the Fund for Gender Equality. She said the grassroots organizations selected are working on programmes ranging from the creation of [...]
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