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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Eight years after it was swept out of power, the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), headed by Andrew A. Fahie, won Monday’s general election, winning eight of the 13 seats at stake. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Police shot and killed an 18-year-old youth, during a shootout in a densely-populated village in St Michael, south west of here, yesterday. Police said that Kadeem Ifill was one of two men, who ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) says it has not been approached to consider the establishment and maintenance of a register of Venezuelans, fleeing the South American country and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, has been hospitalised, at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), and is undergoing a number of medical tests, after complaining of feeling unwell, the on-line publication, News Source, reported ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, says shareholder-governments need to do what is necessary, in order to save the financially-strapped regional airline, LIAT, amid speculation that there could be ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, February 27, 2019 — On the margins of the 30th Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, the Chairman and St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Timothy Harris, yesterday, witnessed the signing of a ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, today, adopted a more cautious approach, towards establishing a regional ferry service that has been bandied about, for more than a decade. The leaders are ending ...

By Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario February 27, 2019 — Members of the Board of Operation Black Vote Canada (OBVC) — an organization that supports the election of Black Canadians to public office — met with Prime Minister, Justin ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, has urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to “commence preparations for the conduct of” regional and general elections. In a letter to GECOM Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson, on Monday, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 27, 2019 (CMC) – Police are investigating eight murders, over a 12-hour period, after gunmen went on a rampage in Westmoreland, the westernmost parish in Jamaica. “We believe that we have a good idea of what is ...