KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica health authorities Friday warned nationals to be wary of an increase in cases of dengue fever and chikungunya, as the island deals with an increase in the mosquito population due to recent rains. “Dengue fever ...
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Guyana Gives Good Report To WTO-Minister
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has given a good report to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that recently conducted a review of its trade policy, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has said. The Third trade policy review was held earlier ...
Read More »Police Officers Arrested As Lawmen Investigate Bribe Allegations In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana police say they have arrested four of their colleagues over allegations, that they accepted six million dollars (One Guyana dollar =US$0.008 cents) as bribe money to release a bus carrying more than GUY$18 million ...
Read More »Jamaica Launches Multi-million Dollar Environment Program
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica has launched a US$19.8 million climate change programme that will provide strategies and action plans for the water, health and tourism sectors, as well as coastal resources and human settlements. Water, Land, Environment and Climate ...
Read More »CARICOM Reparation Commission Writes Open Letter To British PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparation Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles has told British Prime Minister David Cameron, that reparation justice is an issue that can not “be further ignored, remain under the rug, or placed ...
Read More »Caribbean Rattled By Earthquakes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.8 to 4.5 rattled the Caribbean on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit of the University ...
Read More »Canada To Help Guyana Prepare For Local Government Elections
Photo above: Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, met with the Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux, at the Ministry of the Presidency. Photo credit: GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Canada says it is willing to assist Guyana with the ...
Read More »A Different Perspective On Fibroids: Get Into Your Right Brain
By Veronica Hislop Guest Writer The article “Healthy Reasoning: Black Women and Fibroids”, written by Allan Bucka Jones, the Health Columnist for Pride News Magazine, a Caribbean-Canadian cultural newspaper produced in Ajax, Ontario, highlighted a serious medical issue afflicting black ...
Read More »Guyana Government Re-examining Role In Marriot Hotel
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it is undertaking a review of the operations and financial stability of the multi-million dollar Marriott Hotel with a view to determining its future role with the entity. “At this point in ...
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