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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has a new president. Last Sunday, during a special delegates conference at the National Arena, Dr. Peter Phillips was elected as the fifth president of the ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario March 30, 2017 – Renowned Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, and Justice Michael H. Tulloch, a prominent judge of the Ontario Appeal Court, will be honoured this ...

Mohr Keet of South Africa bungee jumped when he was 96, landing himself in the Guinness Board of World Records. Yuichiro Miura of Japan climbed Mount Everest when he was 80. Not everyone in the golden years of life will ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – The Grenada government says it will introduce a National Health Insurance by the end of June. Implementation Minister, Emmalin Pierre, addressing the convention of the ruling New National Party (NNP) last Sunday ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 30, 2017 (CMC) — The final report from the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Review Commission was handed to Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, today. The report was presented by the commission’s Chairman, former Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, during a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, met with top executives from BP, one of the world’s leading integrated oil and gas companies, yesterday, in the first of a series of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – An extradition order has been signed by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, clearing the way for eight men, who are wanted in the United States for lottery scamming. Chuck signed the surrender warrants, yesterday, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 30, 2017 (CMC) – The Exxon Mobil Corporation, today, announced yet another oil discovery offshore Guyana on the Stabroek Block. The company says the drilling targeted similar aged reservoirs as encountered in previous discoveries at Liza and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 29, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it plans to construct an onshore oil and gas facility at Crab Island, that will cater for the expansion of exploration and subsequent production of oil in Guyana. The ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 27, 2017 (CMC) – A prominent regional economist is suggesting that countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) replicate a model being utilised by Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda for future economic growth. Dr. ...