PARAMARIBO, Suriname, November 24, 2018 (CMC) – Suriname will observe its 43rd anniversary of political independence from the Netherlands, on Sunday, with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expressing its appreciation for the country’s steadfast leadership in important areas, for building the ...
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African Union Extends Invitation To CARICOM To Discuss Connecting Africa And The Caribbean Via Air Transport
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) air transport meeting, here, will examine developing air links between the African continent and its Diaspora. At the opening of the historic meeting, on Wednesday, Commissioner for ...
Read More »Caribbean Airlines To Add 12 New Planes To Fleet
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), says it will be adding 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its fleet, starting in the fourth quarter of 2019. This was announced ...
Read More »Africa Set To Become A Massive Free Trade Area
By Kingsley Ighobor Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York November 23, 2018 (IPS) — Following the unveiling of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018, Africa is about to become the world’s largest free trade ...
Read More »Guyana Government Could Determine Date For Debate Of Motion Of Opposition’s No Confidence Against It
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government, which is facing a motion of no confidence against it, will have to decide on the date, when the matter can be debated in the 65-member National Assembly, where it ...
Read More »Egyptian Telecom Tycoon Opens New Hotel In Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – Grenada moved closer to having 3,000 hotel rooms after the island’s newest property, Silversands, was officially opened here, with a promise to increase hotel room stock by 30 percent in the coming ...
Read More »Tears Flow As West Indies Women Trounced By Australia In Twenty20 Semi-final
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – West Indies’ hopes of repeating as ICC Women’s Twenty20 champions ended in tears here, last night, when they went down by 71-runs to Australia in the first semi-final at the ...
Read More »Grenada Government Urges Public Sector Unions To Return To Negotiating Table
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 23, 2018 (CMC) – The Grenada government says it has invited trade unions to return to the negotiating table, to discuss the payment of pension and gratuity to retiring public workers. In a letter sent to ...
Read More »Cancer-Diagnosed Guyana President, David Granger, Back Home From Cuba
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 21, 2018 (CMC) – President David Granger returned home, last night, from Cuba, where he had been undergoing treatment for cancer. Granger, accompanied by his wife, Sandra, had had travelled to Havana on October 30, to undergo ...
Read More »Trinidad Opposition Blames Government Over Possible International Blacklisting
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 21, 2018 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad Bissessar, today, accused the Trinidad and Tobago government of “failing to take its international commitments seriously”, as the opposition distanced itself from any blame, regarding ...
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