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KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 29, 2019 (CMC) – A 56-year-old pastor will be sentenced on October 18, after he pleaded guilty, today, to having sex, on several occasions, with a 12-year-old child, more than three years ago. The Gleaner newspaper reported ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 26, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger, today, named retired Justice, Claudette Singh, as the new Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), as the country prepares for fresh regional and general election as mandated by the ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist With such busy lifestyles we tend to live today, it’s always nice to have a comforting home-cooked meal waiting for us when we get home. With that in mind, I decided to start ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist In the past, I’ve discussed how as a child in the Caribbean, I (and my siblings) gave mom ‘hell’ when she tried to get us to eat fish. Now I’m thousands of kilometers ...

By Hector Gonzalez-Jimenez Guest Writer Travelling offers new experiences and can open people’s minds. It allows you to get out of your daily groove – of work, commuting, housework and cooking – to think about the things that really matter ...

By Michael J. Armstrong and Tatyana Sokolyk Guest Writers Starting a new business can be satisfying but stressful. Among other tasks, entrepreneurs must raise enough funds for their ventures. But it turns out the type of funding matters, not just the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica July 24, 2019 — Jamaica has activated its Ebola Virus Disease Response Plan, implemented in 2015, to increase awareness and educate stakeholders, disclosed Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, during a statement to the House of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 24, 2019 (CMC) – Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, revealed that Jamaica’s film industry is experiencing “exceptional” performance for the 2018/19 financial year, with a record $2.3 billion in film production expenditure to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 24, 2019 (CMC) – Doctors treating Guyana’s President, David Granger, for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, have expressed “satisfaction” with the latest results of his tests in Cuba, “and indeed his recovery process”, according to an official statement, issued in ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 24, 2019 (CMC) – Three people, including two children, were killed after a fire extensively damaged an apartment at Regency Park, Warrens South, St. Michael, south west of here, today. Police confirmed the deaths, but have not ...