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KINGSTON, Jamaica March 7, 2019 — General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter, says that effective immediately, the Bank will be implementing four changes to the Mortgage Indemnity Insurance (MII) plan. In an interview, Wynter said that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 7, 2019 (CMC) – Agriculture Minister, Audley Shaw, says stronger methods of coastal surveillance will be implemented, to mitigate poaching in Jamaican waters and protect the island’s fisheries. This comes against the background of the 57 fishermen ...

By Ricardo Reboredo and Frances Brill Guest Writers Six years ago a major development was announced in South Africa. Billed as a game changer, it was meant to alter the urban footprint of Johannesburg, Africa’s richest city, forever. The Modderfontein New ...

  By Vicky Boult Guest Writer Africa’s elephant population has plummeted from roughly a million in 1970 to around 400,000 today – a decline which is largely blamed on poaching for their ivory tusks. At its peak in 2011, poaching ...

By Iwa Salami Guest Writer Muhammadu Buhari was re-elected as president of Nigeria in late February, winning 56% of the vote share in a poll shrouded in controversy. After polling day was delayed by a week on the eve of the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 7, 2019 (CMC) – Plans by the St. Lucia government to abolish the use of corporal punishment in schools have been criticised by stakeholders, who said they were not consulted on the initiative. Last week, the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 7, 2019 (CMC) – Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has launched an investigation, following an incident, in which a plane hit a wall at the terminal building at the Piarco International airport.  In a statement, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana March 7, 2019 (CMC) – A meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow morning, between President David Granger and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to discuss issues related, to the upcoming general election. In a statement, yesterday, ...