Bird slams late British PM

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Former Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird believes that the late Margaret Thatcher was most befitting of the tag “Iron Lady” – a name she got for the way she operated as Britain’s prime minister. He told OBSERVER Radio that while...
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Former Premier leads tributes to Britain’s Iron Lady

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Former Premier Sir John Swan has led the tributes to Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" of British politics who died on Monday aged 87 following a stroke, crediting her with helping Bermuda become a global force in business. Sir John, who led the now defunct United Bermuda ...
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Bahamas pays tribute to late British prime minister

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas Monday joined the international community in paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher, described as Britain’s most dominant prime minister since Winston Churchill. Thatcher, 87, had been in declining health for some years, suffering from dementia. She died p...
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Margaret Thatcher: economic transformation, political polarization

KINGSTN, Jamaica - MRS Margaret Thatcher, who secured her place in British history as the first and only female prime minister of Great Britain, died yesterday at the age of 87 years. Referred to as the "Iron Lady", the epithet given to her by cold war Soviet Union, Mrs Thatcher ruled for 11 divisiv...
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EDITORIAL - Take Thatcher’s grit

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Whatever your view, good or bad, of Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister (PM) who died on Monday, there is no gainsaying that she was a transformative figure whose influence transcended the United Kingdom (UK). Further, in our current circumstance, Baroness Thatch...
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Thatcher was Jamaican ally

KINGSTON, Jamaica - One of Jamaica's closest allies at the end of the Cold War in the 1980s was Great Britain under then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as the Conservative Party in that country and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) shared a similar vision. Dubbed the 'Iron Lady', Thatcher...
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Looking for Usain

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - There are many pathways to fame and fortune and sport is one of them. Truth be told, it is the road less travelled by many young people who really ought to consider it in the face of very few options. The Caribbean consists of countries, which by no stretch of the imaginat...
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Member of Royal family to visit Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A member of the British Royal family is due here on April 15 for a five-day visit, it has been officially announced. A government statement said that Prince Michael Of Kent, will attend a special luncheon hosted by Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen on April 16 and al...
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One LIAT plane grounded in engineers’ dispute

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT staff told OBSERVER media on Monday that an ongoing industrial dispute between the airlines engineers and management did not affect the airlines flights from the VC Bird International Airport. A senior LIAT employee confirmed that on Monday at least one aircraf...
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