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KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Entertainment Minister, Olivia “Babsy” Grange, has named Fort Rocky in Port Royal, east of here, as the island’s first entertainment zone. Grange, who made the announcement at the recent launch of Carnival ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has advised the Governor General, Sir Rodney Williams, to revoke, immediately, the appointment from the Cabinet, of Tourism and Investment Minister, Asot Michael, pending the outcome ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Robert Montague, says the government is developing three mobile applications (apps) that will revolutionise policing in Jamaica. The Minister, who made the disclosure during the recent Jamaica Police Federation/Ministry of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – The Alliance for Change (AFC), a member of the coalition government, here, has welcomed the appointment of retired Justice, James Patterson, as the new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), even as ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 23, 2017 CMC – The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has threatened to take legal action, regarding President David Granger’s rejection of nominees, suggested by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – The police high command has increased security in the constituency of St. Mary South Eastern, ahead of next week’s by-election. This comes in the wake of reports of mounting political tension in the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – Eight directors with the Guyana Bank For Trade Industry Limited (GBTI) were released when they appeared in Court, today. They were all charged with failing to comply with an order of the High ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 20, 2017 — History was created, on Wednesday, with the issuing of the first two licences by the Cannabis Licensing Authority of Jamaica (CLA) for local entities to legally operate in the cannabis industry. Everyting Oily Labs ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Oct 20, 2017 (CMC) – The Grenada government has confirmed the discovery of natural gas within the island’s territorial waters, but said it is still awaiting the results of tests to determine whether the gas is of ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, October 20, 2017 (CMC) – Regional airline, LIAT, is expected to end the year with a loss of US$13.25 million, as a result of the impact of extreme weather, during this hurricane season. As ...