PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, March 22, 2019 CMC – Health authorities in Haiti are warning people against purchasing the drug, Clarithromycin tablets, 500 mg, which they say may worsen their health, and even cause death. The Ministry of Public Health ...
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Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute Urges Regional Farmers To Implement Measures To Adapt To Drought
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – The Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) is urging regional farmers to implement water conservation strategies, to deal with the drought situation, now confronting the Caribbean. CARDI said that the Barbados-based Caribbean Regional ...
Read More »Antigua And Barbuda Warns Of Splitting CARICOM On Venezuela Issue
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says, it is regrettable that the firm, united position, adopted by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, on the situation in Venezuela, appears to be breaking apart. ...
Read More »St. Vincent PM Welcomes High Court Ruling; Opposition Leaders Tells Supporters Be Prepared For Next General Election
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says the main opposition, the New Democratic Party (NDP), had no evidence to support its claim, about the outcome of the 2015 elections in ...
Read More »Guyana’s Commissioner Of Police Urges Citizens To Maintain The Peace
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, is calling on Guyanese to remain calm and keep the peace. This follows concerns raised, in certain sections, surrounding the legality of the government after yesterday, as leader ...
Read More »Guyana Opposition Supporters March Demanding Removal Of “Illegitimate” Government
WEST DEMERARA, Guyana, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – Supporters of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C) took to the streets in West Demerara, today, protesting the “illegitimate” coalition government of President David Granger. Armed with placards — with messages ...
Read More »Guyana President David Granger To Name Election Date “Soon”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, who is due to return from Cuba, where he has been undergoing medical treatment, is expected to name a date for fresh regional and general elections, “shortly”, according to Minister ...
Read More »Journalist Charged In Airport Bomb Hoax In St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 22, 2019 (CMC) – A St. Lucian journalist, Rehani Isidore, has been charged, in connection with a bomb hoax, at the George F.L. Charles Airport. The incident, which took place, on Wednesday, forced the airport to ...
Read More »Montreal Police And Body Cameras: Feasibility, Visibility And Accountability
By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Between May 2016 and April 2017 the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) put in motion a policy to provide 78 police officers with body cameras, as a means of ...
Read More »Association Of Concerned Guyanese Plans Protest Against “Illegal And Dictatorial” Government
TORONTO, Ontario March 21, 2019 — The Canadian chapter of the Association of Concerned Guyanese (ACG-Canada) — an affiliate of Guyana’s main opposition, the Peoples’ Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C) — is calling on compatriots to join the organisation in a protest, ...
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