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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 19, 2018 (CMC) – Retired jurist, Paula-Mae Weekes, was sworn in, today, as Trinidad and Tobago’s first female head of state, and called on citizens not to allow her “to walk alone” as ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia March 19, 2018 (CMC) – New research by the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, finds that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean’s coral reef fish communities ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...