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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – Less than 24 hours after she led her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to a clean-sweep victory in the May 24 general election, Mia Amor Mottley, 52, was sworn in as Barbados eighth prime ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, May 30, 2018 (CMC) – A Magistrate has sentenced a 54-year-old double amputee to four years in jail, after he was convicted of stabbing his wife in her chest. Senior Magistrate, Rickie Burnett, imposed ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 29, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, said, today, he remained optimistic that his recent visit to Asia and Australia would provide a catalyst to diversify the energy-based economy of Trinidad ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 29, 2018 (CMC) – The Norwegian oil and gas research firm, Rystad Energy, is predicting that Guyana could be raking in billions, annually, in oil revenue, as the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, builds on its “stunning exploration ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Pro basketball legend, Shaquille O’Neal, aka Shaq, has put his 28-room lakefront mansion, near Orlando, Florida, on the market at $28 million. A longtime Orlando-area resident, shortly after he was the Number One overall pick in the ...

MIAMI, Florida May 29, 2018 — The resounding mandate that Barbados’ first female prime minister earned from the electorate is a vote of confidence for women in leadership throughout the Caribbean, says Karolin Troubetzkoy, President of the Caribbean Hotel and ...

By Peter Richards CMC Correspondent BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 28, 2018 CMC – Barbadians dumped their frustration of the Freundel Stuart administration into the ballot box and elected the first ever woman to head a government in the country, in an ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator The nagging question is why is it always about race? The answer does not lie very far from the question, although most folks hate to admit same. Let us face the facts — ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 29, 2018 (CMC) — The Canadian government has blocked the US$1.5 billion sale of Aecon, the Canadian company building the new Bermuda airport terminal, on the grounds of national security. According to local media reports , the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 29, 2018 (CMC) – At least one person was shot and killed and four others, including a school child, injured, after a gunman went on a shooting spree in the heart of the capital today. Police ...