ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has dismissed a threat of a lawsuit, by the Chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda True Labour Party (ABTLP), Vere Bird 111, insisting that the statements ...
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Black Community Needs To Make Progress In The Start Of A New Decade
By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Readers, forgive me if I fail to reflect any change in my approach now that 2020 has arrived. In fact, in the name of progress and enlightenment, I have resolved to be even more brutally ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Finance Minister Optimistic About Island’s Further Economic Growth
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says despite economic shocks in the third quarter of last year, the local economy has shown signs of expansion. Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke, says the Statistical ...
Read More »St. Vincent’s Flag Installed At UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS, New York January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The national flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been installed at the United Nations Security Council, as the multi-island country begins its historic, two-year term as a non-permanent member. ...
Read More »Former Chair Of The Least Developed Countries Group Warns Caribbean That Climate Change Is “Real”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The former Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, who helped to negotiate the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Giza Gaspar Martins, is warning the Caribbean that climate change is “real”, and ...
Read More »Bank Of Jamaica Issued Over Two Billion Dollars In Last Week Of December
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says during the last five work-days of December, last year, it recorded net currency issue of J$2.9 billion to financial institutions, including commercial banks, building societies and cambios. ...
Read More »Mandatory Prayer Hour To Be Implemented In All Schools In Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Education has announced that a mandatory hour of prayer will be introduced, on the first day of school, in the new school year. In a statement, yesterday, the Ministry ...
Read More »Barbados Defence Force Seeks To Reassure Public, Soldiers Not Above The Law
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The Barbados Defence Force (DDF) says, in a statement, that it wants to reassure the public that its members are not above the law of the land, and that it is “committed to ...
Read More »Jamaican Police Contract TB; Investigation Underway
KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Police Federation has launched an investigation, following reports that three policemen, who were assigned to the holding area of the Supreme Court, have contracted tuberculosis (TB). Officials from the federation, who represent ...
Read More »Inter-American Press Association Criticises Guyana Government On State Advertising
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 3, 2020 (CMC) – The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), citing the need to preserve press freedom, has called on the Guyana government to review its current practice of the distribution of official advertising, to ensure “neither Stabroek ...
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