KINGSTON, Jamaica July 31, 2017 — Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, is reporting reductions in five of the seven major categories of crime for the first six months of the calendar year. “When you aggregate all of the figures, ...
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US Says Trinidad Has Highest Per Capita Rate Of ISIS Recruitment In Western Hemisphere
WASHINGTON, DC July 31, 2017 (CMC) – While there were no known indigenous or foreign terrorist groups operating in Trinidad and Tobago, the United States says the twin-island republic had the highest per capita rate of ISIS recruitment in the ...
Read More »Jamaica PM And Opposition Leader Display Consensus In Recognising Importance Of Diaspora
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor KINGSTON, Jamaica July 31, 2017 (PRIDE) — In the world of contemporary politics, where opposing political parties embrace intense partisanship, and where consensus is rare and uncommon, Jamaica’s Prime Minister and Opposition Leader recently ...
Read More »ECCO Wins Landmark Case Against Mega Plex Entertainment
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, July 31, 2017 (CMC) – The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for music rights, (ECCO) has won a landmark case in the High Court against Mega Plex Entertainment, which operates Caribbean cinemas, here and across the region. In ...
Read More »New York Police Report Spike In Caribbean Immigrant Crime Victims Seeking Special Visas
NEW YORK, New York July 31, 2017 (CMC) – New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) says the New York Police Department (NYPD) has seen a dramatic increase in the number of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants seeking its help ...
Read More »Maximum Exposure For CARIFESTA XIII With Signing Of Agreements
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 29, 2017 (CMC) – The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the Host Broadcasters Agreement between Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) will lead to maximum exposure for CARIFESTA XIII. At ...
Read More »CDB Establishes Cultural And Creative Industries Innovation Fund For Member Countries
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 28, 2017 (CMC) – The Barbados based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), says it will provide the initial capitalisation for a multi-donor fund to improve the competitiveness of the cultural and creative industries sector in its borrowing member ...
Read More »Quebec Launches Public Consultation On Systemic Racism And Discrimination: Is this exercise yet another reporting charade; or is a change within range?
By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Finally Quebec is moving in step with its neighbour, Ontario, following the aftermath of a 2,662-signature petition, tabled by Québec Solidaire MNA, Amir Khadir, which called for “the creation of a consultation commission on systemic ...
Read More »Caribbean Companies Resistant To Digital Change, Says KPMG/Harvey Nash Survey
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 29, 2017 (CMC) – Resistance to change has been highlighted as one of the main impediments to companies achieving digital success. This is included in the results of the second annual Harvey Nash/ KPMG 2017 CIO Survey. ...
Read More »Trinidad-born Priest Ordained As New Catholic Bishop Of Grenada
By Linda Straker CMC Grenada Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 29, 2017 (CMC) – Father Clyde Harvey, yesterday, became the second Trinidad and Tobago national to be ordained as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Grenada, succeeding Grenadian, Bishop Vincent Darius, ...
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