KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 24, 2019 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Ministry of Health says there are no local or imported cases of measles in the country. The Ministry of Health said in a statement, today, that it supported the announcement, made by ...
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Caribbean Countries Protest Appointment Of New Venezuelan Representative At OAS
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 24, 2019 (CMC) – Eight Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have written to the Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), protesting the decision of the Council to accept, by simple majority, the ...
Read More »Jamaica Seeking Chinese Funds To Advance Coffee Sector Development
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 24, 2019 (CMC) – Jamaica is seeking US$100 million in grant funding from China as it seeks to further develop the coffee industry, here, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, said, yesterday. The Agriculture Minister ...
Read More »International Air Transport Association Condemns Payment Structure For New Airport Fees In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 24, 2019 (CMC) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has criticised aviation authorities, in Guyana, over the inconvenience being suffered by passengers, because of the manual payment of airport fees, during departures and arrivals. In a ...
Read More »Caribbean Court Of Justice Sets New Dates For Hearing Appeal On No-Confidence Motion Ruling In Guyana
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) set new dates, today, to hear the appeal of Guyana’s Court of Appeal’s ruling, which invalidated a motion of no confidence that Opposition ...
Read More »Jamaican-American Youth Jailed, For Life, For Sexually Assaulting And Murdering New York Woman
QUEENS, New York April 24, 2019 (CMC) – A New York judge has sentenced a 22-year-old Jamaican-American to life imprisonment, without parole, after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering a woman in Queens, three years ago. Queens ...
Read More »Two Antigua Police Constables Arrested In The United States
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, April 24, 2019 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda police force have confirmed that two of its members have been arrested, in the United States, for alleged larceny. A statement from the Office of Strategic ...
Read More »How To Fight “Insectageddon” With A Garden Of Native Plants
By Nina M. Zitani Guest Writer People across North America love to garden, yet the vast majority of garden plants are non-native species. Day-lilies, peonies, roses, chrysanthemums and butterfly bushes, just to name a few, are all non-natives. They evolved ...
Read More »Women Can Build Positive Body Image By Controlling What They View On Social Media
By Rachel Cohen, Amy Slater and Jasmine Fardouly Guest Writers Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad? Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram ...
Read More »Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Libel Threat Against Conservative Leader, Andrew Scheer: A Great Canadian Political Tradition
By Randy Boswell Guest Writer OTTAWA, Ontario April 23, 2019 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s threatened defamation suit against Conservative Leader, Andrew Scheer, over the SNC-Lavalin affair, is just the latest in a rapidly growing list of Canadian political mud-slinging ...
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