KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 29, 2018 (CMC) – Police were searching for a man, who is reported to have chopped and killed a 32-year-old woman and her son, in the community of Linton Park in Watt Town, St. Ann, on the ...
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Avalanche Of Praise Pours In For Revered Black Community Stalwart And Leader, The Late Dr. Bromley Armstrong
By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario August 24, 2018 (PRIDE) — When news broke that Dr. Bromley L. Armstrong had died, floodgates couldn’t constrain the tsunami of tributes and praise that poured in, for one of Canada’s most ...
Read More »Caribbean To Benefit From Re-Launched Climate Change Project
BELMOPAN, Belize, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) says it expects to roll out its “1.5˚ to Stay Alive – An Educational Initiative” program across the region in 2019. The CCCCC, on Tuesday, completed ...
Read More »Guyana Opposition Leader Questions “Secrecy” Behind Visit Of US Delegation
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, is questioning the “secrecy” behind the visit of a United States delegation that included several lawmakers, saying he had also not been invited to meet with the congressmen, who ...
Read More »More Than 200 Workers Laid Off As J. Wray & Nephew Limited Closes Down Two Of Its Operations In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – More than 200 workers have been placed on the unemployment line, after a leading distiller, blender, and bottler of rum announced, yesterday, it was closing down two of its operations. J. Wray & ...
Read More »Grenada’s National Insurance Scheme Paid More Than It Collected For The First Six Months Of 2018
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in Grenada has paid out more money than it was able to collect, for the first six months of 2018, and its management wants appropriate changes to ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Hit With More Than 30 Aftershocks, Following Mega Earthquake
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – More than 30 tremors have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, since Tuesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked the oilrich, twin-island republic, causing widespread damage, the Seismic Research Centre ...
Read More »St. Kitts-Nevis PM Gives Full Commitment To Law Enforcement Agencies
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, says his coalition Team Unity government will provide all the necessary requirements, needed by law enforcement agencies, as they seek to stem the criminal activities in St. ...
Read More »Former Barbados Government Minister Pleads Not Guilty To Money Laundering Charges In US
NEW YORK CITY, New York August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Former Barbados government minister, Donville Inniss, will return to a Federal Court on October 23, this year, after he pleaded not guilty, today, to money laundering charges. The 52-year-old former ...
Read More »Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Defends MOU Signed With China
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government has dismissed as ‘erroneous”, a local newspaper’s report that the country’s decision to be part of the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), could result in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...
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