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KINGSTON, Jamaica September 11, 2019 — The Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Campus, will be leading a national conversation on the appropriate positioning of the Jamaican language in official spaces. The discussion, under ...

ST. ANDREW, Jamaica September 11, 2019 — Gordon Town Square, in the parish of St. Andrew, will be officially renamed in honour of the late cultural ambassador, Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverley – affectionately known as “Miss Lou”. A globally-acclaimed writer, folklorist, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, is urging Jamaicans to desist from using bleaching creams as anti-aging formulas. He said he wants people, who are aging, to focus on eating healthy and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 10, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government, yesterday, welcomed the announcement, by US-based carrier, JetBlue, that it would expand its non-stop service to the South American country, beginning in April next year. “The introduction of this immensely-popular, ...

GENEVA, Switzerland September 10, 2019 (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, called on the international community, yesterday, to summon-up the political will, as well as a multilateral approach, to deal with the impact of climate change. The Prime Minister ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.4, rattled Trinidad and Tobago, last night, the second quake to have rocked the Caribbean island, within a 24-hour period. The Seismic Research ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados government says it will resume paying invalidity pensions to more than 150 people, even as it continues to deal with the “overpayment anomaly” that has cost the Treasury BDS$13.8 million, over ...

OTTAWA, Ontario September 4, 2019 — Law enforcement veteran, Peter Sloly, a former Toronto Deputy Chief of Police — and Partner at Deloitte, where he was the national “Security and Justice” leader — been hired as the new Chief for the Ottawa ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has identified transformational leadership and human capital development as critical factors in achieving improved project implementation rates in Grenada and other Caribbean countries. He told a Caribbean ...

NASSAU, Bahamas, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – Canada says it will provide CDN$500,000 in emergency assistance to The Bahamas, as the country comes to grip with the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian. Dorian, considered one of the most destructive storms ...