GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government has informed more than 2,000 sugar workers, who were made redundant when some of the country’s sugar estates were closed, late last year, that they will soon receive the final ...
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Kingston, Jamaica, Named Nearshore City Of The Year
SAN FRANSISCO, United States of America July 8, 2018 — The city of Kingston, Jamaica, was named the Nearshore City of the Year for its performance in business process outsourcing (BPO). The city received the accolade at the June 26 ...
Read More »International Monetary Fund Says Trinidad And Tobago’s Economy Recovering Slowly
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is slowly recovering from a prolonged recession, driven by energy supply shocks and low energy prices. “With signs of ...
Read More »Protests Force Haitian Government To Suspend Fuel Price Hike
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The controversial fuel price hike that triggered protests in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state of Haiti, has been suspended. The decision to suspended the increase in the price of ...
Read More »UN Emergency Relief Chief Concludes Disaster-Preparedness Mission To Haiti
UNITED NATIONS, New York July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The top United Nations emergency relief official has assured the Haitian government, of the organization’s support for its efforts to prepare against hurricanes and stamp out cholera, as he concluded a ...
Read More »Forty-Six Haitian Migrants Plead Guilty To Illegal Landing
NASSAU, The Bahamas, July. 8, 2018 (CMC) – Forty six Haitian migrants, who were apprehended in Bahamain waters, last week, all pleaded guilty to illegal landing, when they appeared in court, on Thursday. Two of the migrants, who were repeat ...
Read More »US Coast Guard Sets Port Conditions For Caribbean Amid Passage Of Tropical Storm Beryl
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard has set port conditions for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (USVI), even as Tropical Storm, Beryl, continues to weaken, while on its path to ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Energy Ministry Seeks Help As Oil Well Ruptures
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Ministry of Energy is seeking overseas help, as an oil well that ruptured in the Gulf of Paria continues to spew oil and gas. The Ministry says since ...
Read More »US Coast Guard Offloads US$2 Million Worth Of Marijuana Seized In Caribbean Sea
KEY WEST, Florida July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard says crewmembers, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter, Thetis, have offloaded 2,116 pounds of marijuana in Key West, Florida, after returning home from an 88-day patrol in the ...
Read More »Bahamas Ministry Of Health Confirms Four Cases Of Conch Poisoning
NASSAU, Bahamas, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health says four persons have been affected by conch poisoning, also known as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, in recent days. This was revealed by Health Minister, Dr. Duane Sands, during a recent ...
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