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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 15, 2019 (CMC) – A Cuban medical practitioner and his wife were sentenced to 12 months in jail, after they were found to be in possession of forged Peruvian passports. Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, imposed the sentence ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic, has enjoyed a surge in the number of tourists coming to the island, by air and sea, for weddings, the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – Police are warning party-goers that they could face criminal charges, if they continue to follow, the lyrics of Grenadian singer, Hollis “Mr Killa” Mapp, to “Run With It”. Mapp’s ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed satisfaction, today, with the Grenada economy, five years after the island had adopted a home-grown, structural-adjustment program with the Washington-based financial institution. “We hope that we ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said, today, it would call on the international community to impose sanctions on the Guyana government, if fresh regional and general elections are not held in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica February 14, 2019 (CMC) – A New session of the Jamaica Parliament began, here, today, with the government outlining plans to bring legislation, aimed at tightening national security, including crime. “Addressing crime and violence is one of the ...

By Stephen Leahy Contributing Writer ONTARIO, Canada, Feb 8 2019 (IPS) — Canada introduced a new healthy eating food guide in January 2019 and, for the first time, the meat, dairy and processed food and beverage industries were not involved. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga, says there is no shortage of United States currency in the banking system. “There is sufficient foreign exchange in the market. As a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it plans to lobby the international community, particularly the United States, as the island develops its marijuana industry. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, says this partly ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) vowed, today, to deal with the “punks, thieves, parasites and cockroaches”, as it raised, with “immediate effect”, the policing alert, from “Amber ...