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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 12, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has unveiled a five-year strategic plan that will, among other things, strengthen its bonds with the people of the region ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 12, 2019 (CMC) – At least two people were killed when a Venezuelan passenger boat — heading to Charity on the Pomeroon River, situated between the Orinoco and the Essequibo rivers — with 22 persons on board, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 12, 2019 (CMC) – Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes, says unnecessary court delays will not be accommodated, adding that the judiciary  “must get to the point, where matters begin on the day it is listed to begin”, as ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 12, 2019 (CMC) – Teachers stayed away from the classrooms for a second consecutive day, today, as their bargaining agent, the St. Lucia Teachers Union (SLTU), said it was still awaiting a response from the government, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 12, 2019 (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says progress has been made, regarding the future direction of the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, following a more than four hour meeting, here, ...

By Thalif Deen Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York March 12, 2019 (IPS) — The United Nations headquarters is in mourning – and the UN flag is at half mast. The deaths of 21 UN staffers on March 10, on ...

By Sam Olukoya Contributing Writer LAGOS, Nigeria, March 12, 2019 (IPS) — Nigeria is mourning, along with the rest of the world, after the downing of Ethiopian Airlines Flight, which claimed all of the 157 lives onboard. The fatalities included ...

By Sarah Lawson Welsh Guest Writer Prize-winning British novelist Andrea Levy, who died on February 14, will be remembered affectionately for raising awareness of black British writing and the closely intertwined histories of Britain and the Caribbean more than any ...

    By Sam Williams Guest Writer A black leopard was recently spotted in Kenya’s Laikipia area by San Diego Zoo scientist, Nicholas Pilfold. Sam Williams, a conservation ecologist focused on African carnivores, asked Nicholas about the elusive cats. Question: ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Could sex, as we know it, soon become out of place and obsolete? With the passage of time, a growing number of people will find sex and partnership entirely from either artificial agents or in ...