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KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 1, 2019 (CMC) – Tourism Minister, Edmond Bartlett, says he will be meeting with the producers of the 25th James Bond movie — in England, next week — with a view to having some parts filmed on ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 2, 2019,( CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has denied involvement in the operations of the financially-strapped Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO), saying that it had ended all involvement with the company, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica-based Fly Jamaica Airways says it is making all staff redundant, as of last Sunday, saying the lack of planes to carry out operations has left it, without any other alternative. In ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, says the renaming of Gloucester Avenue, in the tourist resort town of Montego Bay in western Jamaica, will inspire generations of singers, musicians and cultural practitioners. Grange was ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, April 2, 2019 CMC – The Suriname-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Competition Commission (CCC) says the intended sale of Scotiabank’s assets in nine Caribbean countries, could have anti-competitive effects, in at least three CARICOM member states. “The Commission remains ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) announced, today, that it would begin a non-stop service, from Barbados to Jamaica, from April 15, subject to government approval. The airline ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – Four coalition government legislators — including Vice-president and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge — have submitted their resignations to President, David Granger, with the government saying it is in keeping with the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – St. Lucia reported a significant decline in suicide cases, last year, as compared to 2017, the Department of Health and Wellness has reported. Figures, released by the Department of Health and Wellness ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – The public relations officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Randall Robinson, has resigned, the fourth resignation to hit the party that lost all 15 seats in the March 13, ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, April 2, 2019 (CMC) – A High Court judge has sentenced a man to 35 years in jail, after he shot and killed another, in broad day light, after being called a “pussy”. Justice ...