ROSEAU, Dominica, November 18, 2019 (CMC) – Police fired teargas to disperse protestors, who had gathered outside the residence of President Charles Savarin, demanding electoral reform, ahead of the December 6 general election. Police have erected barriers, leading to the ...
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Grenada Government Signs New Wage Agreement With Teachers
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Grenada government says it has reached an agreement with the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), providing for a four percent increase in salaries for teachers, over the period 2020-22. A government ...
Read More »Former Guyana Minister Of State, Joseph Harmon, Relinquishes US Citizenship Ahead Of 2020 Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Director-General in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, announced, yesterday, that he is no longer the holder of U.S. citizenship . Harmon was among four government Ministers, who were forced to ...
Read More »Barbados To Get Funds From IMF In December Following Latest Review Of Local Economy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, today, that Barbados continues to make good progress in implementing its ambitious economic reform program, and that the island is in line to receive US$48 million in ...
Read More »Jamaica Grants Nearly 90 Licences For Semi-Precious Minerals
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it is has granted nearly 90 exploratory licences for semi-precious minerals, such as cobalt, copper, gold, silver and zinc, since March, last year. “Right now, almost every square inch ...
Read More »Guyana’s Government Minority Partner Optimistic That It Could Reach Agreement With Coalition Partner
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – The Alliance For Change (AFC), the minority partner in the coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) government, said, today, it remains optimistic that talks on a successful renegotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord ...
Read More »University Of The West Indies Names Former Jamaica Prime Minister, PJ Patterson, “Statesman In Residence”
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 15, 2019 (CMC) – Former Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson, has been named Statesman in Residence by the University of the West Indies (UWI). The creation of the new, non-staff post was approved by the UWI’s Regional Finance ...
Read More »Former Jamaican Government Minister Douglas Vaz Is Dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 13, 2019 (CMC) – Douglas Vaz, a former government minister with the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is dead. Vaz, a former Industry and Commerce Minister, who was 83, died late Saturday. “It is with deep sadness ...
Read More »Gender-Based Violence On The Increase In Jamaica, Guyana And Trinidad And Tobago
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 13, 2019 (CMC) – A senior United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) official, said, today, that there’s a growing problem of gender-based violence in Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. UNFPA Caribbean Director, Alison Drayton, who ...
Read More »Guyana Government Announces Increases In Minimum Wage For Public Servants
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 13, 2019 (CMC) – The Guyana government announced, today, a new GUY$70,000 minimum wage for public servants. “In three-and-a-half years, the minimum wage has gone up by over 75 percent. I think by any stroke of circumstance, ...
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