ROSEAU, Dominica, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has ridiculed calls, by the opposition, for his removal from office, saying that statements such as “Skerrit must go”, really meant he must go on continuing with policies to ...
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World Bank Says Caribbean Countries Can Benefit From More Regional Integration
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 31, 2017 (CMC) – The World Bank says Caribbean countries can benefit from more regional integration. The new World Bank study, titled “Open and Nimble: Finding Stable Growth in Small Economies”, shows that economic size, measured by ...
Read More »Trinidad PM, Dr. Keith Rowley, Wraps Up Visit To United States
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, today, wrapped up his visit to the United States, getting the US-based oil and gas company, EOG Resources, to begin drilling, immediately, on a ...
Read More »Caribbean Countries Record Increased Sugar Production
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) today, said regional sugar-producing countries had recorded a significant increase in production for February, as compared to the same period last year. It said that Belize ...
Read More »US Announces Expansion Of Program To Deport Caribbean Immigrants
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 31, 2017 (CMC) – The United States has announced the expansion and modernization of a program to deport immigrants, including Caribbean nationals, in federal correctional facilities. The move comes even as legislators and immigrant advocacy groups express ...
Read More »US Names Trinidad And Tobago National As International Terrorist
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 31, 2017 (CMC) – The United States has named Shane Dominic Crawford, a Trinidad and Tobago national, as among a group of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs)”. The Department of State, in a statement posted on its ...
Read More »Guyana High Court Judge Demands Apology From Attorney General Over Incident In Court
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – A High Court judge says, he is not prepared to sit to hear Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, “in any matter whatsoever, unless he makes a genuine and meaningful ...
Read More »Gunmen In Shooting Spree In Trinidad And Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – At least three people were shot and killed, as gunmen fired on a group of people in a village in Maraval, west of here, on Thursday night, police have ...
Read More »Man Charged With Removing Human Skull From Cemetery In St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 31, 2017 (CMC) – An employee of the Castries Constituencies Council (CCC) faces a fine of EC$10,000, after he was arrested and charged for removing a human skull from a tomb at the Choc cemetery, north ...
Read More »National Day Of Mourning And State Funeral For Former St. Kitts-Nevis Governor General
BASETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – The government, today, announced that former Governor General, Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian, 95, who died last Saturday, will be accorded a state funeral, with full military honours, on April 10. The government ...
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