KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 31, 2019 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Information Minister, Ruel Reid, says the country’s security forces will maintain a strong presence in the western parish of St. James, when the State of Emergency (SOE) expires today. “We are going ...
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Canada Blocks Guyana Opposition Presidential Candidate From Entering Country
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 31, 2019 (CMC) – Canada has informed the presidential candidate of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Irfaan Ali, that he should consider not travelling to the North American country at this time, as a result ...
Read More »CARICOM Meets With UN Leadership: Holds Out Hope For Peaceful Solution In Venezuela
By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New York January 29, 2019 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders held talks with United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, as well as the permanent representatives of Canada, Russia, the European Union ...
Read More »Could The USA Commit Suicide? Yes, if she fails to understand the lessons of history or heed the advice of presidents long gone
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator During my post graduate studies, I was forced to vicariously walk among the ruins of a number of some fallen ancient empires — Roman, Egyptian, Greek, Israelite and Byzantine, plus a number of ...
Read More »Ontario Association Of Children’s Aid Societies’ First Black Chief Executive Officer Begins Tenure
TORONTO, Ontario January 29, 2019 — Nicole Bonnie, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ (OACAS) first Black Chief Executive Officer (CEO), started in her role as head of the organisation, last week. Bonnie, who is also the first Black ...
Read More »One Killed In Haiti As Violence Flares In Decades Old Land Dispute
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, January 29, 2019 (CMC) – The Mayor of the coastal tourist town of Montrouis, Blaise Elysée, has called for the authorities to help put an end to a decades-old land dispute that resulted in the death ...
Read More »Opposition Leader In St. Lucia Files Motion Of No Confidence Against Prime Minister
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, January 29, 2019 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Phillip J. Pierre, today, accused Prime Minister, Allan Chastanet, of being an “uncaring, reckless leader”, as he called on the 17-member parliament to support a motion that would result in ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Moving To Privatise Several Assets
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 29, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it will, in the coming months, be looking at privatising a number of assets under its portfolio. Speaking at the official opening of the 120-room S Hotel in Montego ...
Read More »Trinidadian Jurist To Become Latest Caribbean Court Of Justice Judge
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, January 25, 2019 (CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) announced, today, that Trinidadian jurist, Peter Jamadar, will become the latest judge of the regional court. In a statement, the CCJ, which ...
Read More »The Surprising Role Of Childhood Trauma In Athletic Success
By Veronica Allan Contributing Writer The story of Canadian speed skater and cyclist Clara Hughes, the first ever Olympian to win multiple medals in both the summer and winter games, is a story of triumph over adversity. Before she was hard ...
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