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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, says the money owed to Jamaican, Shanique Myrie, stemming from a ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling has been paid, but the woman says she has not yet ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The United Kingdom (UK) says it will provide technical assistance to the Caribbean as it seeks to develop its energy sector. London said it would also work with the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) on options ...

TORONTO, Ontario – The Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation (JDCF) and Sunnybrook International are co hosting the first comprehensive forum on the future of Jamaican healthcare to be held in Toronto and Canada. The conference is set for the McLaughlin Auditorium ...

WASHINGTON, DC CMC – The United States has announced a new initiative to help the Caribbean deal with its energy problems. US Vice President Joe Biden said the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative consists of a portfolio of activities designed to ...

As The Queen’s representative in Ontario, I am most pleased to send my best wishes for a happy Canada Day. It was New Year’s Day 2014, when what I thought would be my last message to you was printed in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed that Jamaica has passed the latest IMF test. The news has come just weeks after an IMF staff assessed Jamaica’s performance for the January to ...

NAIROBI, Kenya CMC – Guyana says it is experiencing hardship with its sugar industry and is blaming low prices for the commodity on the international market. Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told the members of the 39th Joint Council of the ...

The late Maya Angelou once wisely wrote, “You can’t forgive without loving, and I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, “I forgive. I’m finished with it.” A very tall ...

ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – The Dominica government said Tuesday it has been able to raise EC$20 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) on the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) through the sale of Treasury Bills. The government said that the ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica CMC – Caribbean exporters who market their products in Canada will probably have to improve their agricultural health and food safety (AHFS) controls if Canada approves a proposal aimed at modernising its regulations, the Inter-American Institute ...