Caribbean Times 46th Issue - Tuesday 29th November 2016

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Tuesday 29th November 2016
WIOC Chairman’s death seen as a ‘loss’
By Everton Barnes
Prime Minister Gaston
Browne, is expressing condolences
to another Caribbean
country which has lost
one of its outstanding leaders.
This time it’s the people
of Venezuela, whose Ambassador
to the Organisation
of American States (OAS),
Herrara Alvarez, died in Caracas
last week.
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Ambassador Alvarez
was the current chairman
of the Board of Directors at
West Indies Oil Company
(WIOC) at the time of his
death.
He is being hailed for his
role in negotiating the Venezuelan
government’s involvement
in the ownership
of WIOC. Currently, Venezuela
owns 25 percent of the
shares in the company.
Prime Minister Browne
credit’s the late ambassador’s
role in the successful
completion of the negotiations
and for his overall
vision to move WIOC forward.
“This is a very sad situation
with the passing of Ambassador
Alvarez. He was
By Everton Barnes
Some customers of the
state-owned utility and telecommunications
company,
someone who brought a significant
amount of skills to
the company. As you know,
we are partnering with Venezuela,
and the ambassador
was their representative and
we will miss his skills and
knowledge,” PM Browne
noted.
Non Resident Ambassador
to Japan, Anthony Liverpool,
described the late
Venezuelan diplomat as a
gifted representative for the
people of that South American
country.
“He was very involved,
very engaging and he was
very active in the process
towards making WIOC an
international petroleum facility
and hence his chairmanship
of the WIOC
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board,” Liverpool noted.
He added that Ambassador
Alvarez was also very
active as Venezuela’s permanent
representative to the
OAS. “This, for him, was a
major challenge in defending
his government and
country’s position given the
current political situation in
the country,” he stated.
According to Liverpool
the region has lost an
important soldier who has
championed the values that
have kept the hemisphere together
and stronger.
PM Browne along with
Foreign Affairs Minister,
Charles Max Fernandez
and WIOC CEO, Gregory
Georges are in Venezuela to
attend the funeral.
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Telecommunications Minister,
Melford Nicholas, said
despite the setback the government
is moving full speed
ahead with plans to see the
state-owned company offer
up to 10 times faster speed
internet service at a price of
$75.00 monthly.
The minister said the
funds to conclude negotiations
with Southern Fiber,
the company that is offering
broadband connectivity, are
now available and he expects
the successful completion
of negotiations to take
place during this week.
According to the minister
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