BELMOPAN, Belize, February 15, 2019 (CMC) – Police are searching for an intruder, who killed an elderly, retired American woman and severely injured her husband, during a home invasion in Oasis, a small community of expats in Consejo, 15 miles ...
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Cuban Doctor And Wife Jailed In Guyana For Possessing Forged Passports
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 15, 2019 (CMC) – A Cuban medical practitioner and his wife were sentenced to 12 months in jail, after they were found to be in possession of forged Peruvian passports. Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan, imposed the sentence ...
Read More »Bermuda Enjoys Boom As A Marriage Destination For Tourists
HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic, has enjoyed a surge in the number of tourists coming to the island, by air and sea, for weddings, the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) ...
Read More »Trinidad Police Issue Warning After Party-Goers Take Grenadian Artiste’s Song Literally At Its Word
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – Police are warning party-goers that they could face criminal charges, if they continue to follow, the lyrics of Grenadian singer, Hollis “Mr Killa” Mapp, to “Run With It”. Mapp’s ...
Read More »IMF Pleased With Grenada’s Economic Performance
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed satisfaction, today, with the Grenada economy, five years after the island had adopted a home-grown, structural-adjustment program with the Washington-based financial institution. “We hope that we ...
Read More »Guyana Opposition Leader Calls For International Sanctions As Bar Association Express Concern Over Possible Constitutional Crisis
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said, today, it would call on the international community to impose sanctions on the Guyana government, if fresh regional and general elections are not held in ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Moves To Beef Up National Security As New Parliament Term Opens
KINGSTON, Jamaica February 14, 2019 (CMC) – A New session of the Jamaica Parliament began, here, today, with the government outlining plans to bring legislation, aimed at tightening national security, including crime. “Addressing crime and violence is one of the ...
Read More »Canada Implements New Food Guidelines, But What About The Food Waste?
By Stephen Leahy Contributing Writer ONTARIO, Canada, Feb 8 2019 (IPS) — Canada introduced a new healthy eating food guide in January 2019 and, for the first time, the meat, dairy and processed food and beverage industries were not involved. ...
Read More »Guyana’s Central Bank Denies Foreign Exchange Shortage
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga, says there is no shortage of United States currency in the banking system. “There is sufficient foreign exchange in the market. As a ...
Read More »Jamaica To Lobby International Community Regarding Marijuana Industry
KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 14, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it plans to lobby the international community, particularly the United States, as the island develops its marijuana industry. Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, says this partly ...
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