GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 17, 2018 (CMC) – The annual training conference of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) began here, today, amid concerns of the use of illegal drugs in the country. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, said he was also ...
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One Year Later, UNDP Says It Is Still Assisting Hurricane-Battered Caribbean Countries
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 17, 2018 (CMC) – One year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through the Lesser Antilles, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), says it has helped mobilize US$25 million ...
Read More »Eastern Caribbean Central Bank To Introduce New Dollar Bills
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, September 17, 2018 (CMC) – The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says it will be introducing new dollar bills, next year. ECCB Deputy Governor, Trevor Brathwiate, speaking on WINN FM radio, here, said that the ...
Read More »Demonstrators And St. Lucian Mother Demand That White Police Officer, Who Shot Her Son In Texas, Be “Locked Up”
DALLAS, Texas September 17, 2018 (CMC) – Demonstrators, on Friday night, demanded that a white police officer, Amber Guyger, who shot and killed a 26-year-old St. Lucian national in his apartment, last week, be “locked up”, as the relatives of ...
Read More »Who Is The Young Caribbean Entrepreneur Today?
By Meegan Scott Contributing Writer The face of the young entrepreneur has changed. Therefore, any serious effort to increase the rate of formation and growth of high-impact, Caribbean-immigrant businesses, or to improve the entrepreneurial experience of the Caribbean-immigrant entrepreneur, must ...
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