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ST. CATHERINE, Jamaica, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has a warning for persons using social media to spread fake news: be prepared to come before the courts. Holness, the leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has welcomed the election of 24-year-old Phillip Rolle, as the Deputy Speaker of the Dominica Parliament, saying that he is confident it augurs well for the development of young ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says the majority of lawyers, here, are tax dodgers, with at least one lawyer paying EC$308 last year — the same as in 2018. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana announced, today, that it had completed and published the local content policy for the oil and gas sector. “It promotes education, inclusion, and advancement of Guyanese persons, who demonstrate expertise and experience ...

By Yvonne Sam Pride Contributing Columnist Black history, in its general and broadest sense, refers to the stories, experiences and accomplishments of people of African origin. The origins of Black History Month lay in early 20th-century historian Carter G. Woodson’s ...

By Yvonne Sam Pride Contributing Columnist Black History begins, continues and will live on, with us redefining ourselves. Instead of discussing the great achievements/inventions by Black men or Black women, I would instead, like to discuss the great achievements that ...

By Ettie Rutherford Pride Contributing Columnist Are you hesitant to talk about your desires for your personal fulfillment, your business, your family, or your future? For many that is the situation, because from childhood, they were taught that voicing personal ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has launched an “immediate investigation”, regarding police officers affiliated to political parties, after a newspaper reported that a police officer had been ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, will, on Wednesday, table legislation, aimed at decriminalising the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, joining a number of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that have done so, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 10, 2020 (CMC) – The Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago, today, appealed for better treatment for persons with special needs, after a father reportedly killed his eight year-old daughter and later hanged ...