GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 31, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it will await a ruling of the Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Barton Scotland, regarding the successful motion of no confidence, filed by the opposition, earlier this month, even as ...
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Jamaican Appointed To Head Caribbean Meteorological Organization
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 30, 2018 (CMC) – A former scientific analyst at the United States-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Dr. Arlene Laing, has been appointed Coordinating Director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO). The Jamaican replaces the ...
Read More »Guyana’s Prime Minister Says Speaker Will Have To Address Allegations That Legislator Was Bribed
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 30, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, said, yesterday, that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, will have to address allegations that former government back-bencher, Charrandass Persaud, had been bribed into voting in ...
Read More »Guyana Government Seeks To Assure Citizens, As Opposition Writes To Chief Justice
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 30, 2018 (CMC) – The coalition government says it will “pursue all available options and act in the best interest of all Guyanese”, even as the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) said it had written the ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago’s Domestic Growth Slackened In Third Quarter, Says Central Bank
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 29, (CMC) – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says that domestic growth momentum appeared to have slackened in the third quarter of 2018, while inflation remained very low. “Domestically, after ...
Read More »CARICOM Chairman Says Region Had An “Eventful Year”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 29, 2018 (CMC) – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping, Andrew Holness, on Friday, said the 15-member regional integration movement has had an eventful year, both regionally and internationally. “We have seen advances in the CARICOM ...
Read More »Ruling Party Links Forces In Trinidad And Tobago To Recent Collapse Of Guyana Government
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 29, 2018 (CMC) – A senior official of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) said, on Friday, that “forces in Trinidad and Tobago” had colluded with the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/C (PPP/C) to bring about the demise of ...
Read More »Tears And Fears As Guyana Government Falls
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator My country ‘tis of thee I don’t like what I see and hear — that the end of the present A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)/Alliance For Change (AFC) government draws near. In ...
Read More »Jamaica And Cuba Sign Agreement To Further Extend Eye Care Program
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 22, 2018 (CMC) – Jamaica and Cuba have extended an agreement program that will allow nationals, here, to benefit from eye care services, provided by Cuban health professionals, for another six months. Health Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, ...
Read More »High Court Judge Awards Fly Jamaica Multi-Million US Dollar Settlement
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 22, 2018 (CMC) – A High Court judge has awarded Fly Jamaica Limited US$4.2 million in damages, for breach of contract against ADS Global Limited, the company that operated the airline’s call centre, from 2012 to 2014. ...
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