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Mexico’s president to attend CARICOM-Mexico summit

Bridgetown, Barbados (TDN) -- Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon is expected to lead a high-powered delegation to the Second CARICOM-Mexico Summit taking place in Barbados on Monday, May 21.

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Elias Nassief - A Dominican business legend.

Elias Nassief -- A role model in local industry

Roseau, Dominica (TDN) -- In Elias Nassief – Triumph over Tragedy (Pont Casse Press, 2012) Dr. Irving W. André has once again accomplished a first, by taking us through the intricate life of one of our island’s business legends – Elias Nassief. To my knowledge it is the first book by a Dominican historian about the life of a Lebanese-Dominican industrialist and his contribution to value added industrial processing on-island.

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Rebuttal to : Elias Nassief: A role model in local industry
Mahaut, Dominica (TDN) -- I have not read Andre’s book but from Gabriel Christian's summary it is evident that the book is an effort to burnish the image and legacy of a man who is not without critics who point to his vast fortune accumulated over a relatively short period of time........................

Bahamas is a country in crisis
Nassau, Bahamas (TDN) -- Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says his country is in crisis as his newly formed Cabinet met for the first time last week............................

US government assist families laid off by refinery closing
St Croix, USVI (TDN) -- The United States Department of Labor has earmarked US$7.8 million to assist the 1,158 workers who were displaced with the closure of the Hovensa oil refinery on St. Croix in mid-February, 2012..................................

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