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KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 6, 2018 (CMC) – The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is warning that the re-imposition of duties or the imposition of a cess on imported white sugar, could drive up the cost for local manufacturers. “We call ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 6, 2018 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and their finance ministers ended two days of discussions, here, on Wednesday night, confident that they are laying the groundwork for a renewed energy in establishing a practical regional ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 6, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government, today, maintained its position to close the oil refinery of the state-owned oil company, PETROTRIN, as trade union leaders vowed to shut down the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2018 (CMC) – The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) have agreed to send their industrial dispute to arbitration, paving the way for striking teachers to end their action and resume their duties, ...

TORONTO, Ontario September 6, 2018 — Densley Mitchell Sylvan, 73, on Sunday, August 19, at 1:45pm, passed away at the Michael Garron Hospital, formerly Toronto East General Hospital, in Toronto. Born in Snell Hall and Madeys in Sauteurs, Grenada on ...

ONTARIO, September 6, 2018 — Born in Mount Morritz, Grenada, Milton Griffith died, peacefully, on Thursday, August 23. Predeceased by Cynthia Griffith (nee Ricketts), his loving wife of 55 years, he was father of Jacqueline Silvera (husband, Andrew); Jennifer Baur ...

TORONTO, Ontario September 6, 2018 — A memorial service — organised and hosted by Grenada’s consulate office in Toronto — will be held, on Sunday, for the late Leonard Wharwood, Jr., the country’s former Honorary Consul in Montreal. Wharwood, who ...