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April 13, 2023
Chile Lawmakers Vote To Reduce Work Week

CHILE - Chile's congress on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to reduce the work week from 45 to 40 hours over five years.

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March 28, 2023
Cubans Vote For National Assembly

CUBA - Cubans voted Sunday in National Assembly elections with 470 candidates running for the legislature's 470 seats and no opposition challengers.

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February 20, 2023
Ukrainian president asks for CARICOM support in UN vote

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday appealed to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to stand with Ukraine at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week when a resolution will be presented aimed at bringing peace to the fractured country that remains at war with Russia. During a live video address at the 44th CARICOM Heads of Government ...
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February 15, 2023
As leaders gather in Nassau for CARICOM meeting, Prime Minister Davis says: HAITI NEEDS STABILITY FOR VOTE

PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said he is looking forward to speaking with international world leaders today about support and resources to assist with stabilising the situation in Haiti to allow for "free and fair" elections within that country.

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January 23, 2023
Nurses union seeks to hold new vote

BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Amancha Williams said there were some issues during the union's election last week as a result the group is hoping for another vote.

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September 16, 2014
Public voted no - but MPs vote yes to legalising the webshops

THE Gaming Bill was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday following months of public debate and controversy over the government's plans to regulate and tax webshops...

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October 04, 2010
First day of voter registration and the NDP's position on voting issues

In 1952, T.H.  Marshall,
proposed a pyramid structure of rights that would ensure and guarantee
a free and just society.  In the mind of Marshall the foundation of the
pyramid consisted of what he called the political right.  At the core
of the political right was the most fundamental right of a citizen in a
democracy-the right to vote by secret ballot.  On top of the foundatio...

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October 07, 2010
Tackle your Carbon Footprint -- Vote Now in The Bahamas Green Video Challenge!

Nassau, Bahamas - Are
you feeling guilty about your carbon footprint?  Are you searching for
simple things that you can do to save the environment? If so,

VOTE NOW
for The Bahamas' top Green Challenge Video at

http://wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/57601

.  Log in
now because your opportunity to vote for the best kid environmental video in
The Bahamas will end on Tuesday, October 1...

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October 27, 2010
Obama seeks votes among the unemployed

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island -- Economy is destiny for the Democrats and President Barack Obama, who began his campaign week in Rhode Island, where unemployment is measured at 11.5 per cent. He has stops planned in Pennsylvania (at 9 per cent), Illinois (9.9 per cent) and Ohio (10 per cent) before Election Day.

Just as striking as the jobless figures is the calculation that those are among the states...

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November 17, 2022
UN record showing 'no' vote from Bahamas on Russia reparations an 'error', Mitchell said

Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell said in Parliament yesterday the record of the United Nations (UN) which shows The Bahamas voted against a resolution that calls for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine was recorded in error and that The Bahamas actually joined other CARICOM states in abstaining. Mitchell addressed the issue after ...
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