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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 9, 2019 (CMC) – President David Granger has dismissed concerns, from Guyana’s main opposition People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C), that foreigners could have an impact on elections in the country. Speaking during a press briefing, yesterday, Granger said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans to embrace the possibilities that can result from the country’s transition to a digital economy, noting that “many times booms have come in the digital global ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 9, 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados economy registered “steady progress” during the first half of this year, with the island’s central bank predicting that the outlook “has become more favourable over the past 12 months”. Central Bank ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2019 (CMC) – An opposition legislator says he intends to move a motion that will allow for the use of Jamaican expletives in dancehalls. “This motion is important because this is our culture. Too many aspects ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 9, 2019 (CMC) — Leader of the main opposition in Guyana, the People’s Progressive Party-Civic (PPP-C-C), Bharrat Jagdeo, says unknown persons have been trying to access his personal email accounts. Speaking during his weekly press conference, yesterday, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2019 (CMC) – GraceKennedy Financial Group is reporting significant profit for the first six months of 2019. “Profit before other income for the six-month period was J$1.65 billion, 15.1 percent or J$217.1 million higher than that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 7, 2019 (CMC) – Rita Marley — the widow of reggae legend, Bob Marley — is among a number of entertainment industry veterans to be awarded the Order of Distinction, Jamaica’s sixth highest honour. Marley has also ...

TORONTO, Canada, August 7, 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced, today, that it will honour Trinidad and Tobago-born storyteller, Rita Cox, with its Lifetime Achievement Award later this month. It said that Cox, who chronicled the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 7, 2019 (CMC) – Guyana marked the 34th anniversary of the death of its first executive president, Forbes Burnham, with the present holder of the office, David Granger, making reference to his “peerless contribution to national development”. ...

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, August 7, 2019 (CMC) – A twin engine aircraft has crashed on landing in Carriacou, today. Authorities have not issued any statement on the crash, but photos show the aircraft at the Lauriston airport. “The ambulance was called ...