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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 ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, has entered into a partnership agreement with Caribbeanevents.com, the recently launched website, featuring events and festivals, scheduled throughout the Caribbean. Caribbeanevents.com founder, Nerdin St. Rose, described the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is urging Jamaicans to develop a family emergency plan, which is integral in preparing for disasters, such as a hurricane or earthquake. Family members ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, February 5, 2019 (CMC) – Human rights lawyer, Mary Francis, says she will not be deterred, after her office was broken into, over the weekend, and ransacked. “Letters were torn up; there was an element of malice ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 5, 2019 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago health authorities have confirmed a fifth death, as a result of the HINI virus, and urged people, particularly those considered to be within the “key at-risk ...

By Kenton X. Chance Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, February 5, 2019 (CMC) – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has announced tax increases on gasoline, diesel, tobacco, sweetened drinks and landing fees at the island’s sole ...