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LONDON, England April 19, 2018 (CMC) – UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, today, announced an expansion of the UK’s overseas network, with the opening of nine new diplomatic posts across the Commonwealth. Three of these nine posts will be in ...

LONDON, England April 19, 2018 (CMC) – The government of India has expressed an interest in partnering with Trinidad and Tobago in several areas, such as medical training, air transportation and aviation. This was revealed during bilateral talks, today, between ...

LONDON, England April 19, 2018 (CMC) – A Trinidad and Tobago national, who developed a cost-effective bio-engineering scheme to build climate change resilience, is among a number of outstanding young people being honoured by the 53-member Commonwealth grouping. Jonathan Barcant, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – Eutelsat S.A., one of the leading satellite companies for television broadcasting, has launched a collaboration with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU). In a statement, today, the CBU said Eutelsat will promote TV broadcasting ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday, refused an invitation, from the government’s State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA), to participate in an anti-corruption awareness campaign. Instead, Jagdeo is calling on SARA to take action against ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – A new era dawned in Cuba, today, when 57-year-old Miguel Díaz-Canel was sworn in as the new president of the communist country, replacing Raúl Castro, who decided to bring to an end the ...

WASHINGTON, DC April 19, 2018 (CMC) – The World Bank says the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have “turned the corner”, after a year of tepid growth, providing an opportunity for countries to solidify their fiscal positions ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – A complete breach of the standard operation procedures, surrounding the administration and conduct of an examination for learner-drivers’ licenses, has been uncovered by the police. According to the police, preliminary investigations found that ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – A pregnant woman, who appeared in court, yesterday, has been charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Melissa Pancham, 32, a mother of two, was arrested, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 19, 2018 (CMC) – Security officials are in the process of investigating reports that a Trinidadian woman has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court. The report first surfaced on the news ...