ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER HON. TILLMAN THOMAS
ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNDP/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
"FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL" CONFERENCE
New Orleans, August 25-26, 2010

DOMINICAN PM TO STAND TRIAL OVER DUAL CITIZENSHIP
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GBT LICENSES SPICE & CRAFT VENDORS FOR THE 2010 - 2011 CRUISE SEASON

St. George’s, August 26, 2010:  The arrival of the Emerald Princess on September 24th, 2010 will signal the commencement of the 2010 – 2011 Cruise Ship season.

REGARDLESS OF NUMBERS, IT FEELS LIKE A RECESSION
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Businesses are ordering fewer goods. Home sales are the slowest in decades. Jobs are scarce, and unemployment claims are rising. Perhaps most worrisome, manufacturing activity, which had been one of the economy's few bright spots, is faltering.

NO PC PROJECT

St. George, August 25, 2010 -- The Ministry of Education is partnering with telecommunications provider LIME, the Taylor Family Trust and NO-PC Computing Solutions of the UK in providing computer access to some primary schools.  Public Relations Officer Wendy Chasteau reports that the Memorandum of Understanding was signed recently at the Ministry.

FRENCH ARMY JOINS DENGUE FIGHT
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PARIS, France, Wednesday August 25, 2010 – The French army has been sent to Martinique and Guadeloupe to help fight a dengue epidemic that has been marked by thousands of cases and at least 13 deaths.

HAMILTON FINED FOR AUSTRALIAN HIGH JINKS
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Lewis Hamilton

Atlanta, (CNN), August 24, 2010 -- Former Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has been handed a fine of 500 Australian dollars (approximately 350 euros) after being found guilty of driving offences prior to March's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

The Briton -- who claimed the world title in 2008 -- performed some stunts in a borrowed Mercedes car outside the Albert Park circuit, including tricks in which wheels are intentionally spun and skidded, in front of waiting fans.