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Integrity Commission investigating Trinidad’s “emailgate” scandal

The Commission said it has already received “response from an international electronic mail service provider and is moving ahead with its investigation.”
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Shocking claims and gay slurs sully Venezuelan politics

Caracas’ image is soiled by lurid language in the National Assembly and allegations of everything from gay prostitution rings to drug trafficking in high places....
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Cuban exiles accused of plotting to assassinate Venezuelan president

Luis Posada Carriles, who is wanted for the 1976 bombing of a Cubana flight that killed 73 people off Barbados, is said to be involved in the plot to kill Nicolas Maduro....
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Venezuela to hike Petrocaribe interest rates

Under the Petrocaribe agreement, the 17 member countries buy Venezuelan oil at favourable rates and through a long-term financing agreement....
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Wreckage of Italian millionaire’s plane found off Venezuela

Vittorio Missoni ran the famed Milan-based fashion house which has estimated annual sales of over US$75 million....
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Toilet paper stink gives way to Mass mess in Venezuela

As the problem of shortages spreads from the kitchen to the bathroom and on to the Church, the government insists that an opposition-led conspiracy is to blame....
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Toilet paper shortage causes a stink in Venezuela

The revolution turns its attention to acquiring 50 million rolls of bathroom tissue so that the people will “calm down”....
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OAS offers support for recount after tight race in Venezuela

The regional body’s secretary-general offered the services of election experts “in the context of deep division and political polarization”....
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Ghost of Chavez gives Maduro the bird

Like Alice in Wonderland, the campaign leading up to Venezuela’s April 14 presidential election just gets ‘curiouser and curiouser’....
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Quit crying for Chavez and campaign for me

Venezuela’s acting president urges supporters to secure “victory against the forces of evil, against the forces of darkness”....
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Venezuela opposition leader vows to end subsidized oil to Cuba

Capriles maintains that halting cheap oil sales would free up resources to boost public employee salaries by 40 percent....
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Caracas to probe claims that Chavez was poisoned by enemies

Critics dismiss the move as another ploy to distract attention from pressing issues in the forthcoming presidential election....
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West Indies A arrives in India

The team, led by Kieran Powell, will begin their tour with the first 50-over match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
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Central Bank governor urges Barbadians to invest in government bonds

Governor of the Central Bank Governor, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, said savings bonds were just as convenient as savings deposits, “because you buy them at commercial banks, and they are just as liquid as savings deposits, because you can cash them in at any time."
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Caribbean imports and exports will increase in 2013 - ECLAC

ECLAC is predicting that imports would expand by 4.5 per cent “which will bring the region's trade surplus down to eight billion US dollars in 2013, compared to US$41 billion in 2012.
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No price increase following removal of fuel subsidy - Caribbean Airlines

In a statement, CAL said that the board of directors had since June requested that all operating financial information and financial targets be calculated without the fuel subsidy.
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Public sector unions to discuss OECS wage issues

Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, who chairs the Monetary Council, said the discussions were critical as economic growth in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was predicted to be anaemic over the next few years.
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Caribbean cement trade to be monitored

Discussions on methods of monitoring the cement trade were among three major activities which recently involved the OECS Secretariat’s Trade Policy Unit.
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Brian Lara to travel to India with Red Force

The former Windies captain will not be a formal part of the team management but is visiting India in a dual role as a tourism Ambassador and mentor for the Red Force.
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Barbados to receive BDS$16 million in Chinese assistance

Barbados and China signed an economic technical agreement and three banking agreements on Accounting Procedures with a total value of BDS$16 million (One BDS dollar = US$0.50 cents).
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St Lucia celebrates Spencer’s success in high jump

Spencer, currently ranked seventh in the world, also won a number of medals during performances across Europe this year.
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Kirani James receives EC$500,000 for Olympic success

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell handed over the cheque as well as treasury bills to the tune of EC 400,000 dollars to James in a ceremony in St.George’s.