CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 19, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, on Tuesday, alerted St. Lucians, to a fake Facebook profile, created in his name, and cautioned against falling prey to these attempts at fraud. “Fellow Saint Lucians, please ...
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St. Vincent’s Government Resists Legal Challenge To Buggery Law
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, September 19, 2019 (CMC) – The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has assigned Karen Duncan-Gonsalves, a senior litigator in the Attorney General’s Chamber, to respond to the legal challenge to the nation’s ...
Read More »Caribbean Tourism Organisation Donates US$20,000 To Bahamas Hurricane Relief Efforts
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados September 19, (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), yesterday, announced that it has made an initial monetary contribution to the Bahamas, to the tune of US$20,000, to assist with recovery efforts in Abaco and Grand Bahama, ...
Read More »National Library Of Jamaica To Stage Several Activities To Commemorate Miss Lou
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 19, 2019 — The National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) will be staging a series of activities, between September 1 and December 10, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late cultural icon, Dr. Louise ...
Read More »Completion Of Arrangements With IMF A Major Milestone For Jamaica, Says PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica September 19, 2019 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s successful completion of financial arrangements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major milestone in the country’s economic history, for which all Jamaicans can be proud. “We ...
Read More »Guyana Can Hold Elections In February 2020 Says Elections Commission Chair
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 19, 2019 (CMC) – The Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice, Claudette Singh, says an election can be held, here, by the end of February, next year. Based on this, President David Granger is ...
Read More »Tullow Oil Company And ExxonMobil Announce Discovery Of New Oil Reserves
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 19, 2019 (CMC) – United Kingdom-based Tullow Oil Company and United States-based ExxonMobil, on Monday, announced the discovery of more oil in the Guyana basin. Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, said, on Monday, ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission To Hand Down Decision On Election Timeline Today
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 19, 2019 (CMC) – Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (retired) Claudette Singh, will, today, render a decision on the timeline for the holding of General and Regional Elections in the South American republic. Following ...
Read More »Canadian Home Sales Edge Higher In August
Ottawa, Ontario, September 18, 2019 — Canadian national home sales were up in August, according to statistics, released on Monday, by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Home sales, recorded via Canadian MLS® Systems, advanced for the sixth consecutive month ...
Read More »Flying With Cannabis: What You Need To Know
(NC) — Now that recreational cannabis is legal in Canada, people have a lot of questions about what’s changed, particularly related to travel. As of October 2018, cannabis is permitted in legal amounts on board domestic flights within the country. ...
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