BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – The Court of Appeal, today, ordered the release of BDS$4.5 million in assets, belonging to the former head of the troubled insurance company, Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO), Leroy Parris, and his Branlee ...
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Quebec Government Providing Reinforcements To The Human Rights Commission — True Intent Or Political Bent?
By Yvonne Sam Political and Social Commentator On Tuesday (March 13), it was announced in La Presse that the Philippe Couillard-led government would be sending reinforcements to the already-moribund Quebec Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights, in an effort ...
Read More »ECLAC Head Calls On Caribbean To Reinvigorate Integration And Bolster Intra-regional Trade
SÃO PAULO, Brazil, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has called on regional countries to reinvigorate the process of integration and bolster intra-regional trade, to ...
Read More »Barbudans To Vote On Antigua
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) said, today, that Barbudans will be allowed to cast their ballots on Antigua, in the March 21 general election, after the High Court, yesterday, ruled ...
Read More »Dominican PM Warns No Salary Negotiations While Workers On Industrial Strike
ROSEAU, Dominica, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said, today, that there “would be no negotiations, at any level, while workers are out on an illegal industrial action”. He was responding to the decision by workers of ...
Read More »Dr. Keith Mitchell Sworn In As Prime Minister Of Grenada For Fifth Time
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – Dr. Keith Claudius Mitchell took the oath of office for a fifth occasion, today, as Grenada’s prime minister, following the overwhelming victory of his New National Party (NNP) in the March 13 ...
Read More »Strong Earthquake Rattles Trinidad And Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.0, rattled Trinidad and Tobago, late last night, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre ...
Read More »Three Bandits Killed By Undercover Police In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has confirmed reports that three men, who were trailing a bank customer, were killed by an undercover cop, yesterday morning. In a statement, the police said at approximately ...
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