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KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 1, 2019 (CMC) – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it will be maintaining the policy interest rate, offered on overnight balances from deposit-taking institutions, at 0.50 percent. It said that the decision is based on its ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Writer It has become apparent that the Democrats are seemingly in desperate need of guidance before their eventual riddance. Do they really believe that an impeachment, just before a general election, is the correct thing to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 2, 2019 (CMC) – More than three million visitors, including just over one million cruise ship passengers, have visited Jamaica, since the start of the year, Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has said. He announced that the island ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 2, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, has issued two proclamations for the holding of regional and general elections in Guyana, on March 2, 2020. A government statement said that Granger had acted in accordance with Article ...

By Gregory C Mason Guest Writer Beware of politicians’ gifts, especially during election campaigns. Most political presents involve increased spending, but a growing list of promises have to do with changes to taxation. The Conservatives and Liberals, the main contenders in ...

Editor: Re: “Blackface, Black Issues And White Newsrooms”, by Ewart Walters As painful as it was to be reminded by the photo of Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, in Blackface, we must also try to fully understand the Rastaman’s observation, as ...

Editor: Re: “Blacks, Bleaching And The Willie Lynch Letter”, by Yvonne Sam The existence of the Willie Lynch “letter” has long been debunked by numerous historians. The main point of the article was clear without referencing, or worse, directly quoting ...