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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is urging Caribbean governments to provide the regional tertiary institution “with performing assets”, as it seeks to recover more than US$200 million in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – Jamaican authorities say there has been a significant reduction in the number of persons, being held in overcrowded conditions at correctional institutions, across the island. The Ministry of National Security says the reclassification ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – President David Granger said, today, the police have been given instructions to conduct a probe into the circumstances, under which three men were shot and killed by law enforcement authorities at the Georgetown ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government has revoked the citizenship, granted to six people under the controversial Citizenship by Investment Program (CBI), claiming that they had committed acts “which may bring St. Lucia into ...

NEW YORK, New York March 28, 2018 — Only three months into the new year, and 2016 Grammy award-winning and 2018 Grammy-nominated reggae sensation, Morgan Heritage, has delivered reggae music vibes to the world, starting with three continents — Africa, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman, has held talks with the Senior Vice-president of the Italy-based oil and gas exploration company that has expressed an interest in carrying out exploration offshore Guyana. A government ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – American Airlines has announced that it will commence flights, from Miami to Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, starting on December 20. Jim Butler, American Airlines’ Senior Vice President, International and Cargo, stated “This ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – A new report says tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) dipped in 2016, falling further behind the average Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country levels, but adds that ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, March 28, 2018 (CMC) – A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to 39-years in jail for having sex with his 12-year-old stepdaughter, with the judge saying he had taken advantage of a child, who looked up to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 27, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, yesterday, announced changes to his Cabinet that has led to the reassignment of some government ministers, including the Ministers of Finance and National Security. Holness, whose administration is in ...