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Bruce Golding

Manatt said it was paid $15,000 in addition to the $49,892.62 it received from the Jamaican government for legal services. Manatt made the disclosure in a supplemental statement on June 30, filed under Section II of the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1939 for the six month period ending May 31, 2010.

Earlier this year, there was a chorus of calls for Golding’s resignation when after weeks of denial, he admitted to the Jamaican parliament in May that he had sanctioned the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP), not the Jamaican Government, to contract the services of the U.S. law firm. The firm was hired to deal with matters related to the extradition treaty between Jamaica and the U.S. during the time that Golding pondered the extradition of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke. He was eventually apprehended and extradited to the U.S. last month.

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Lauderhill Vice Mayor Dale Holness reads the title of a book presented to him and Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan (right) and written by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (second left). Looking on is John Beckford, executive director of the Lauderhill Regional Chamber of Commerce. – Photo by U. Bennett

Persad-Bissessar, who was on her first trip to Florida since creating history as the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was addressing political and business leaders at a reception on Monday in Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

The prime minister said her country is “unparalleled in the Caribbean because it strives to be competitive in the global environment.” She said Trinidad and Tobago has a strong economy and stable democracy, a skilled workforce and a vibrant financial system that presents a wealth of opportunities for investors.

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Kamla Persad-Bissessar

The prime minister, who was addressing business leaders at a reception in Fort Lauderdale, said CARICOM, in its 37th year of existence, “must take a critical look at the challenges which it faces from the external environment and their impact on regional development.”

Persad-Bissessar has come under scrutiny for comments she made at the CARICOM summit last week about the “godfather” role Trinidad has played in CARICOM in the past and how the country intends to move forward.

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The Obama Administration has extended application deadline for Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for undocumented Haitians in the U.S. from the initial deadline of July 20, 2010 to January, 2011.

Several Haitian immigration advocates and community leaders, including South Florida politicians, were concerned that as the initial deadline to apply for TPS approached, thousands of Haitians would be deported into earthquake ravaged Haiti.

However, on July 12, the six-month anniversary of the earthquake, the Director of the Citizens and Immigration Services (CIS), Alejandro Mayorkas, announced in Miami that the government had extended the deadline for applying for TPS to January 18, 2011. The director said the extension was in response to Haitian immigration advocates who lobbied for more time for the filing of the temporary facility. Under U.S. law TPS offers immigrants from countries experiencing political upheaval or environmental disasters a chance to stay and work in the U.S. for up to 18 months.

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