ByEmilio Godoy IPS Correspondent MEXICO CITY, Mexico April 28, 2018 (IPS) — Statements by U.S. President, Donald Trump, against Mexico, have begun to permeate the presidential election campaign in this Latin American country, forcing the candidates to pronounce themselves on ...
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Don’t Let Life’s Misfortunes Diminish Your Strength
By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Writer I grew up hearing the adage, “He’s as strong as an ox”. I have been thinking more about that statement since I came across this message — “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger” — ...
Read More »Caribbean Still Facing Many Challenges In Eradicating HIV/AIDS
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – Guyana’s Education Minister, Nicolette Henry, says the late diagnosis for people, particularly men, living with HIV/AIDS continues to pose a challenge for the efforts, aimed at drastically reducing the ...
Read More »UN-backed Program Logs Record-high Cocaine Seizures At Caribbean And Latin American Seaports
UNITED NATIONS, New York April 26, 2018 (CMC) – The United Nations says its trained law enforcement units have logged record high cocaine seizures, at seaports in Latin American and the Caribbean. Yesterday, the UN said the units intercepted huge ...
Read More »Upgrade Of Jamaica Government’s Oil Refinery On Track
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, says plans are underway for the installation of a Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU), which is the first phase in the upgrading of the government’s Petrojam ...
Read More »St. Kitts-Nevis Government Signs Mutual Waiver Agreement With Rwanda
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – The governments of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of Rwanda, today, signed a mutual waiver agreement, in which the two countries agreed to allow their citizens to travel to either ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Not A Refugee Camp, Explains Prime Minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, has reiterated his administration’s position, regarding the repatriation of 82 Venezuelan nationals last week, stating that the twin-island republic adhered to the highest standards ...
Read More »Sixty-Year-Old Man Kills Pregnant Ex-girlfriend And Two Daughters In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – The police, in the western parish of Hanover, have held a 60-year-old man, who went on a rampage, yesterday, killing his ex-girlfriend, who was eight months pregnant, and her two daughters. The police ...
Read More »Grenada Prime Minister Concerned About Increase In Police Being Charged
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has expressed concern, about the increasing number of police officers, who, in recent times, have found themselves violating the law, instead of being law upholders and enforcers. ...
Read More »Barbados To Hold General Elections On May 24
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 26, 2018 (CMC) – Barbadians will go the polls in a general election on Thursday, May 24. The date was announced, this morning, by Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, who said he has officially notified Governor General, Dame ...
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