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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 31, 2018 (CMC) – Barbadian authorities have a message for all hoteliers and developers on the island: “There are no private beaches in Barbados”. General Manager of the National Conservation Commission (NCC), Keith Neblett, said the Barbadian ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 31, 2018 (CMC) – A new airline, offering a direct service between St. Lucia and Dominica, three times a week, has started operations, here. St. Lucia’s Tourism Minister, Dominic Fedee, welcomed the new service, saying he ...

ST. ANN, Jamaica March 31, 2018 — Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters, praised the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for its stewardship and leadership in strengthening security across the Caribbean. This, she noted, is based on the “good return ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 31, 2018 (CMS) – A United States diplomat is urging Guyana to be cautious against what he termed the “so-called experts”, who have been making negative comments about the country’s new found oil and gas wealth. US ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 31, 2018 (CMC) – The Jamaica government has started the process to revoke the licence issued to telecommunications firm, Symbiote, which operates as Caricel Jamaica. Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, said this follows the ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 31, 2018 (CMC) – Police have a charged a man with plotting, with other people, to murder his 35-year-old wife, even as he remains in prison on a separate charge against the woman. ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia March 31, 2018 (CMC) – The United States Department of State says it will begin processing visas for Cuban nationals at its Georgetown, Guyana, Embassy. The State Department said that as of April 1, this year, ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada , March 31, 2018 (CMC) – The Epidemiology Unit of Grenada’s Ministry of Health has confirmed reports of an increase in the amount of influenza cases on island. As a result, Head of the unit, Dr. Shawn ...

TORONTO, Ontario March 28, 2018 (PRIDE) — The cousin of former MP and Ontario Fairness Commissioner, Jean Augustine, Cletus “Mitchie” Francis Mitchell, 85, passed away, peacefully, mid-afternoon, last Saturday, March 24, at home in North York, surrounded by his family ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia March 28, 2018 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago has blanked support for hurricane-ravaged Dominica, that was seeking to get a waiver on its assessed quota contribution to the Organization of American States (OAS), for the 2018-2019 ...