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CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government has defended its decision, to seek a four-month extension —  from June 1, to September 30 — of the state of emergency (SOE), saying it allows for the ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The two main political parties, today, named candidates to contest all 11 seats in the June 5 general election on the twin-island Federation — with both leaders predicting victory. Prime Minister, Dr. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The search is continuing for Jean Watt, the 70-year-old wife of musical icon, Neville “Bunny Wailer” Livingstone, who has been reported missing, since last Saturday Relatives said that Watt, who is also known ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observer Mission says it has not “seen any evidence of fraud”, during Monday’s general elections in Suriname, where the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of President, Desi Bouterse, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, yesterday, paid tribute to prominent, Guyana-born Miles Stoby, who died in Oman, earlier this month. In a statement, the Secretariat described Stoby as one of the region’s “most ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) assembly, on Monday, iterated a call for closer collaboration with Africa, in fashioning a new global order, as the region participated in “Africa Day”, which it said underlines ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana celebrated its 54th anniversary of political independence from Britain, yesterday, that is being overshadowed by the disputed March 2 regional and general elections. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is engaged in a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 25, 2020 (CMC) – A High Court judge has granted an order, preventing the eviction of former Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday, from his private office, at the Rienzi Complex in Couva, in west ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 25, 2020 (CMC) – The St. Lucia government has defended its decision to demolish the building, which once housed a prison, here, even as environmentalists condemned the weekend demolition of the structure that was constructed in ...

DALLAS, Texas May 25, 2020 — Making sound public policy decisions is challenging, even when you have all the information, and now it has become immeasurably more difficult, by all the unknowns, presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dallas Mayor, Eric ...