BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Effective January 1, 2020, the ban on single-use, petroleum-based plastic packaging, containers and utensils will be implemented. According to Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, retailers are urged to ...
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Grenada Signs US$1.5million Contract With US Healthcare Company
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – The government of Grenada announced, today, that it will be paying a firm, based in the United States, between US$800,000 and US$1.5 million to complete the process for implementation of the National ...
Read More »Travel To Caribbean Continues To Grow Despite Powerful Storms
LONDON, England November 6, 2019 (CMC) – A study, undertaken by ForwardKeys, a travel analytics firm, has revealed that despite the recent ravages of hurricane Dorian and other huge storms in the Caribbean, tourism will continue to grow. The results ...
Read More »No Plans To Replace Or Neglect Guyana’s Mining Sector, Says Minister Of Natural Resources
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has assured the country that the government has no plans to replace, nor neglect, the mining sector. Trotman — who was speaking at the opening of a ...
Read More »Dominicans To Vote For New Government On December 6
ROSEAU, Dominica, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Dominicans go to the polls on December 6 to elect a new government, after Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, last night, announced that he had advised President, Charles Savarin, to dissolve the Parliament, today, ...
Read More »Three Plead Guilty To 2011 Murder Of Mother And Daughter In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 6, 2019 (CMC) – Three men of five, who were charged with the murder of a mother and her daughter, in the central parish of St. Catherine in 2011, have pleaded guilty. The men, Adrian Campbell, Roshane ...
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