Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Friday | August 7, 2009
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Trinidad is not in recession - gov't
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago government has denied suggestions that the economy of the oil-rich twin-island republic has gone into recession, although admitting "there has been a slowing down".

Opposition party blacklists dual-citizenship candidates
St Kitts (CMC): The main opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) yesterday said it has no intention of fielding any candidate holding dual citizenship for the upcoming general election and defended its decision to legally challenge recently approved...

LIME, trade union at odds
Barbados (CMC):A showdown is brewing between the country's largest trade union, the Barbados Workers Union (BWU), and telecommunications giant LIME over the company's decision to lay off more than a hundred employees.BWU General Secretary Sir Roy...


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