By Stella Paul India Correspondent HYDERABAD, India (IPS) – The southern Indian city Hyderabad is witnessing a construction boom as it prepares to become the joint capital of two states – Andhra Pradesh and the soon to be formed Telangana. ...
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Jamaica Energy Minister Defends Position On Multi-million Dollar Energy Project
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Embattled Energy Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has defended his decision for intervening in the procurement process which led to a Hong Kong-based company being chosen to construct and run a multi-million dollar energy plant even as the ...
Read More »Chikungunya Now An Epidemic In The Caribbean?
ORANJESTAD, Aruba CMC – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr. James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it represents an unusual number ...
Read More »Former T&T Minister’s Murder “Well Orchestrated” Says Security Minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – National Security Minister, Gary Griffith, has pledged every resource necessary to solve Sunday’s murder of senior counsel, Dana Seetahal. The National Security Minister has described the attorney’s murder as a “well orchestrated hit”, adding ...
Read More »Caribbean Looking To Lure Canadian Investors
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says an investment symposium connecting Caribbean business leaders with Canadian investors and lenders has been added to the program of activities for Caribbean Week Toronto to be held in June. ...
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