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Lucia O’Sullivan Contributing Writer Monogamy is difficult to maintain. Sure, it’s easy enough at times when your life is devoid of temptation. But unless you and your partner live in isolation in a cottage in the woods, there are no ...

By Amanda Henry Contributing Writer Women often wonder what the “right” length of time is, after giving birth before getting pregnant again. A recent Canadian study suggests 12-18 months between pregnancies is ideal for most women. But the period between ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 28, 2018 (CMC) – The President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice, (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders, announced, on Monday, that Barbadian jurist, Justice Andrew Burgess, will become a judge on the regional ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 28, 2018 (CMC) – Jamaica called for a comprehensive review of the impact of climate change on the Caribbean, including the “cancers” not yet integrated into the process, as it also reiterated a call for the international ...

By Latonya Linton Contributing Writer Jamaica Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, signed a US$285-million contingency credit facility with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that will provide the country with immediate financing during the emergency recovery phase, after a sudden event. The ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 28, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government presented a GUY$307 billion budget to Parliament, on Monday, raising the income tax threshold, providing salary increases for public workers and outlining a 5.1 percent hike for old age pensioners. ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, November 27, 2018 (CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments, yesterday, expressed some unease at the announcement that the Canadian-based Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) had agreed to sell its operations in nine Caribbean countries ...

OTTAWA, Canada, November 27, 2018 (CMC) – The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), yesterday, confirmed that it will be selling its insurance operations in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, as part of a shake-up of its businesses that also included ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 28, 2018 (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, is promising to “break the back of the drug trade and cripple their businesses”, after police detained nine people, including four Venezuelan nationals, in a ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 27, 2018 (CMC) – The Barbados-based insurance company, Sagicor Financial Corporation Limited (Sasgicor), says it has entered into a US$536 million arrangement agreement with the Canadian-based firm, Alignvest Acquisition II Corporation. It said Sagicor shares will be ...