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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 15, (CMC) – The state-owned National Properties Ltd. has given the operators of the Cobblestone Inn two months to evacuate the premises. No reasons have been advanced for the move but the tenant, ...

By Denise Dennis JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica July 15 (JIS) — Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Rudyard Spencer, has committed to doing everything, along with the Public Sector Monitoring Committee (PSMC), to ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 15, (CMC) – The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says regional governments must ensure that they do not leave members of the population behind in the quest for socio-economic development. Antoine, speaking ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 15, (CMC) –Governor of the Bank of Guyana (BoG), Dr. Gobind Ganga, said, today, a European bank has been identified to fill the void in the local financial system, following the announcement of a pullout by Bank ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 15, (CMC) – A retired senior official of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has been named as the sole commissioner, probing the circumstances that led to the deaths of two brothers, during a fire at a state ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 15, (CMC) – A pastor called on a 35-year-old woman, who had died suddenly, late last month, to get up from her coffin and “come forth”, sending mourners into shock, the state-owned NBC ...

By Douglas McIntosh JIS Contributing Writer ST. ANDREW, Jamaica, July 14 (JIS) — The government’s national cyber security public-education and awareness campaign is being funded, at a cost of over $15 million, by the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA). Several member ...

By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Contributing Writer  NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 14 (JIS) — Brand Jamaica is expected to be further bolstered through an ongoing initiative to promote the country’s tourism product, during the staging of the 2016 Summer Olympics in ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, July 14, (CMC) – Well-known calypsonian, Michael ‘Boople” LaFleur, died in hospital here, this morning, after ailing for some time. Dominica newsonline reports that LaFleur, who participated in the Calypso competition earlier this year, died at the Princess ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 14, (CMC) – Health Minister, Terrence Deyalsingh, has been released from the Port of Spain General Hospital. Deyalsingh was admitted to hospital, yesterday, for observation and treatment, following two days of “fever and ...