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Legislators to debate estimates of expenditure and revenue next week
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government will present the estimates of revenue and expenditure to Parliament next week. A government statement said that the presentation will follow the ceremonial opening of Parliament on April 24 when Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy will deliver the traditional Throne speech outlining the government’s programmes for the 12 months. The estimates will be debated on April 25 and 26.
Government to outline solutions to have Russian-owned bauxite plants re-opened
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is to outline a solution that it hopes will facilitate the re-opening of the Russian owned ALPART and Kirkvine bauxite plants here. Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell will outline the solution when he make his contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate. The government has been engaged in months of intense negotiations with the Russian-based aluminium company, UC Rusal, for the resumption of operations at the facilities, which closed in 2009.
Reshuffle on the cards - Foreign affairs, national security among those ministries targeted
KINGSTON, Jamaica - There were heightened discussions in government circles yesterday that a Cabinet reshuffle could coincide with the upcoming Budget Debate. Dr Peter Phillips, the finance minister who succeeded in eking out a long-awaited deal to be signed later this month with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), appears to be the big winner in the impending Cabinet shake-up. Well-placed government sources told The Gleaner that A.J. Nicholson, the foreign affairs minister, appears to be left out of the Cabinet.