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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it wants to mark the passports of persons, convicted of child sexual offences, with the words “child sex offender”, as it expressed concern ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, confirmed a newspaper report, yesterday, that the Special Branch had uncovered a plot, by two criminal gangs, to assassinate him and members of his family. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 6, 2019 (CMC) – The minority partner in the outgoing coalition — A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)/Alliance for Change (AFC) — government, yesterday, urged voters to re-elect President, David Granger, whenever the polls are called. The ...

MIAMI, Florida February7, 2019 (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said, today, that a former high-ranking Cuban officer, residing in Miami, Florida, has been arrested by US federal agents, after being indicted on one count of making ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – Five fishermen, from Trinidad and Tobago, who were reportedly abducted by Venezuelan pirates, have returned home, after more than a week The police report that the men, Lynton Manohar, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have joined their counterparts, from Mexico and Uruguay, in formalising a plan, to address the complex situation that relates to Venezuela, through an initiative called, the Montevideo Mechanism. A ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Turkeyen campus of the University of Guyana announced, today, that it will be closed for the remainder of the week, following a bomb threat, for the second consecutive day. The University says, ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, says his administration is committed to the nation’s development, as Grenada celebrates 45 years of political independence from Britain, today. In his Independence Day ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government has confirmed that the United States has lifted the sanctions, imposed on the Russian-owned, UC Rusal, the parent company of the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco). Transport and Mining Minister, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – Guyana announced, yesterday, that the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, had made two additional discoveries of oil, offshore Guyana, building on the previously-announced estimated recoverable resource of more than five billion oil-equivalent barrels on ...