ROSEAU, Dominica, September 25, 2018 (CMC) – United Arab Emirates-based Montreal Management Consultations Est. (MMCE) will construct more than 300 houses, across Dominica, over the coming months, as the battered hurricane island continues its efforts to become the world’s first ...
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Jamaica Finance Minister Says Country Must Remain Focused on Debt Reduction
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, says Jamaica must remain focused on further debt reduction and maintaining fiscal credibility, over the long term, in order to avoid a reverse of ...
Read More »Guyana To Sign Economic Cooperation Agreement With Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – Guyana is to sign a framework agreement for economic cooperation with Barbados, President David Granger has announced. The announcement comes on the heels of the country signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ...
Read More »Developer Acknowledges Violation In Construction Of Multi-Million Dollar Resort In Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Sept 21, CMC – The Grenada government says the developer of a multi-million dollar resort, under construction on the popular Grand Anse beach, has violated infrastructural regulations and is taking remedial action to resolve the discrepancies. “The ...
Read More »St. Lucia PM Wants “Regional Voice” To Protest Treatment Of Caribbean Nationals In United States
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, says he believes there is need for a “‘regional voice” to protest the murder of St. Lucian national, Botham Jean, as well as West Indians, who have been ...
Read More »Dominica Government Pleased With Geothermal Plant Project
ROSEAU, Dominica, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – The Dominica government says local consumers could, hopefully, begin benefiting from geothermal energy to power their homes, “in a short time”. Trade, Energy and Employment Minister, Ian Douglas, told Parliament that the geothermal ...
Read More »IMF Predicts 1.4 Percent Economic Growth For Jamaica: Pledges More Financial Assistance
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), today, ended a two-week visit, here, saying that Jamaica could receive US$226 million, if the executive board of the Washington-based financial institution approves a preliminary ...
Read More »Dominica Opposition Leader Appears In Court On Obstruction Of Justice Charges
ROSEAU, Dominica, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Lennox Linton, is due to return to court, in March next year, after he was charged, with several other members of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), with obstruction of ...
Read More »Son Of Former University Principal Identified As Student Who Attempted To Steal Plane In The United States
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – The former principal of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Clement Sankat, has confirmed that his 22-year-old son had been arrested in ...
Read More »Foul-Mouthed Attorney Appears In Court In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 21, 2018 (CMC) – An attorney, who gained a measure of notoriety when he was shown on social media in an explicit-laced tirade against a police officer, will re-appear in court, next month, after pleading not guilty ...
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