For young adults, summer is typically spent preparing for college or university in the fall. If you are a parent or a student, lots of questions may be running through your mind about academics, campus life and what to expect ...
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How To Detect And Prevent Garden Diseases
By Kevin Espiritu Contributing Writer Everyone wants to have a perfect garden. Nobody wants to find plants in anything less than perfect health. However, the sad truth is that plant diseases happen. If not treated, they’ll spread to the rest ...
Read More »Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Governor Calls For Debt And Fiscal Resilience Framework To Building Resilience
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, said, today, that a debt and fiscal resilience framework, as well as a contingency debt instruments for loans, should become mandatory ...
Read More »St. Lucia Government Commends Police For Quick Action Following Shootout In Capital
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government, today, praised law enforcement officials for their quick action, following a shootout, outside a court building in the heart of the capital, that left one person dead and ...
Read More »Taiwan And Haiti Sign New Bilateral Agreement
TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – The Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since May 20, 2016, and Haiti have signed an agreement, aimed at further strengthening their bilateral relationship. President Tsai Ing-wen and Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, ...
Read More »Jamaica Rowing Federation On Recruitment Drive For Tokyo Olympics In 2020
By Peta-Gay Hodges Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Rowing Federation, which is domiciled at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), is currently on a drive to get interested persons to be a part of the Kingston Rowing Club (KRC). ...
Read More »Caribbean Urged To Collaborate More In Fight Against Terrorism And Cross-border Crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – Caribbean border security officials have been urged to collaborate more in the fight against cross border illegal activities, including terrorism. “Many of us are confronting issues we have never had to grapple with ...
Read More »Guyana Health Authorities Concerned About High Rate Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse Among The Country’s Youth
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – Guyana health authorities are launching a substance prevention program, aimed at reducing the abuse and misuse of drugs, particularly among young people. The country’s Mental Health Unit (MHU) said the program will be ...
Read More »Uber “Pausing” Operations In Trinidad And Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government said Uber — the popular taxi app that announced it would be “pausing” its operations, here, from today — was operating illegally, even as it ...
Read More »Judge Orders Release Of Popular Jamaican Dancehall Artist, Who Was Locked Up In Kingston
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – A judge has ordered the release of popular dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta, saying he had not been properly detained by the police. Sparta, whose real name is Leroy Russell, was detained by ...
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