BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Saturday, January 4, 2020 (CMC) – A 27-year-old artiste was jailed for seven days, after he pleaded guilty to making an unauthorized performance on the counter of a popular, fast food restaurant, on Old Year’s day. Magistrate, Douglas ...
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Guyana’s Main Opposition Party Launches Campaign, Confident Of Victory In March Election
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – More than a year after it successfully tabled a motion of no-confidence against the David Granger-led coalition government, the main opposition, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), launched its campaign, last night, for the ...
Read More »Barbados Government Launches Project To Plant More Than A Million Trees
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados government is seeking to plant “more than a million” trees, as part of a national initiative to build sustainability, resilience and food security against the current, and pending, effects of ...
Read More »First Batch Of Jamaican Farm Workers Arrive In Canada
ONTARIO, Canada Monday, January 6, 2020 — The first batch of 2020 Jamaican farm-workers departed their homeland, and arrived in Canada, last Friday. A total of 228 workers will be arriving, between January 3 and today, to take up employment opportunities ...
Read More »Mexican Company Pledges To Invest Significantly In Norman Manley Airport Development
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) –Mexico-based Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP), which formally took over the management of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) last October, through its local subsidiary, PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL), says the investment ...
Read More »Former Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, Is New LIAT Chairman
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda; Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The head of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), Captain Patterson Thompson, has welcomed the appointment of former Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, as the new Chairman of ...
Read More »Guyana’s Main Opposition Party Names Prime Ministerial Candidate For March 2 Elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The main opposition, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), has named retired Brigadier, Mark A. Phillips, as its Prime Ministerial Candidate for the March 2 regional and general election. Late last month, the party ...
Read More »Trinidad’s National Security Ministry To Implement Glass Bottle Ban For Carnival 2020
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of National Security says that it will be implementing a ban on glass bottles, during the upcoming Carnival season. During a recent meeting, officials from the ...
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