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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 11, 2018 (CMC) — Despite a call from Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, for his country to be included in the World Bank Human Capital Index program, no country in the region has been listed in the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 11, 2018 (CMC) – The government of Jamaica has divested the operation of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) to Mexican entity, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB De CV (GAP). A 25-year concession agreement was signed, yesterday, ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, October 11, 2018 (CMC) – Companies in Canada and the United States have expressed an interest in starting medical marijuana projects here. This was disclosed by the Chairman of St. Lucia’s Cannabis Movement, Andre ‘Pancho’ de Caires, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 11, 2018 (CMC) – A High Court ruled, yesterday, in favour of Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad Bissessar, in her defamation lawsuit against the Sunshine Publishing Company Limited, owned by Austin Jack Warner, who ...

By Valerie Michaelson, Colleen M. Davison, Pamela Dickey Young and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich Guest Writers Young people today live in a complex, fast-paced and perpetually connected world and face issues and pressures that were not even anticipated two decades ago. ...

By Silbert Barrett Guest Writer We, as a people, must always display power and pride in our national symbolism, and as a nation, and people of Jamaica, we have a choice. Why the “big wood” man statue (Officially called The ...

Catherine Shaffer and Elizabeth Saewyc Guest Writers For some teenagers, involvement in dating relationships can result in experiences of violence, which can have harmful effects on health and well-being, and are associated with higher levels of depression and suicidal thoughts and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 11, 2018 (CMC) – A court-imposed injunction against the state-owned oil refinery, Petrotrin, that prevented the termination of five thousand employees, has been lifted. Lawyers, representing Petrotrin, had filed an appeal against an ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, October 11, 2018 (CMC) – The first person to be charged, for violating a section of the Electronic Crimes Act, has been fined EC$35,000. Court records state that if Yurber Phillip fails to pay, he will be ...