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Published: Friday | December 19, 2008
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Cave Hill honours Sir Shridath
Bridgetown (The Nation): THE University of the West Indies' (UWI) Cave Hill campus yesterday took time out to honour illustrious CARICOM son Sir Shridath Ramphal.The occasion was a luncheon and the official naming ceremony for the Shridath Ramphal...

Three more of 'Grenada 17' to be freed
ST GEORGE'S (CMC): Three prisoners who were among the infamous Grenada 17 jailed for the 1983 murders of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his cabinet colleagues were due to be released from jail yesterday.

Sixth-form schools to specialise
Bridgetown, Barbados (Daily Nation): Secondary schools in Barbados will soon be offering specialised education.Minister of Education and Human Resource Development Ronald Jones told the Daily Nation Wednesday that there would be some level of...

Thieves remanded
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Three men charged in connection with the theft of Bd$1.4 million (US$700,000) from the Central Bank of Barbados have been remanded to jail.Former Central Bank employee Corey Rock, 25, appeared in the District "A' Court here on...

'Manning to resume work in six weeks'
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express):Hours after Prime Minister Patrick Manning successfully underwent surgery to remove a malignant tumour from his left kidney yesterday, consultant urologist Dr Lall Sawh said Manning should be back to his...

Firm to look after prison upkeep
Bridgetown, Barbados: GOVERNMENT has entrusted the preventive maintenance of the country's penal institution, HMP Dodds, in St Philip to the Barbados Correction Maintenance Corporation (BCMC) for the next 25 years.Deputy Prime Minister Freundel Stuart...


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