GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 14,2020 (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) will be sending an electoral observation mission to Guyana for the general and regional elections, scheduled for March 2. The announcement was made, yesterday, during a ceremony, held ...
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Chief Secretary Of Tobago House Of Assembly To Step Down
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Kelvin Charles, says he will be stepping down from the post, three weeks after he lost the leadership of the People’s National Movement ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Working Towards Early Election Results
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is seeking to assure voters that it is working to ensure that the results of the March 2 regional and general election would be made available, in the ...
Read More »Grenada Government Welcomes New 100-Room, Luxury Hotel Project
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government has welcomed the start of construction of the multi-million-dollar, 100-room, luxury hotel, on the east coast, saying it will impact “significantly” on the island’s rural economy. Prime Minister, Dr. ...
Read More »Barbados PM Bats For Deeper Regional Integration And Unity
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has warned Barbadians that they cannot survive in isolation, as she piloted an amendment to existing legislation, on Tuesday night, in keeping with the freedom of movement of Caribbean ...
Read More »Guyana Public Security Minister Concerned At High Rate Of Gun-Related Murders
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Guyana is receiving assistance from the European Union (EU) for the full implementation of the global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which came into force in 2014. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, addressing the ...
Read More »Pan American Health Organisation Prepares Caribbean Countries For Laboratory Diagnosis Of New Coronavirus
WASHINGTON, DC February. 13, 2020 (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is preparing eight Caribbean countries for laboratory diagnosis of new coronavirus (COVID-19). Yesterday, PAHO said that virology experts its Washington-based headquarters have travelled to the ...
Read More »St. Kitts Opposition Leader Claims Government’s Cannabis Bill Designed To Mislead The People
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, February 13, 2020 — St Kitts and Nevis’ Opposition Leader, Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, said, Tuesday night, that the Cannabis Bill 2020, which was to be debated in the National Assembly, yesterday, “complicates rather than simplifies, and ...
Read More »Trinidad Prime Minister Calls Murderers “Idiots”
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, yesterday, described persons, engaged in committing murders, here, as “idiots”, as police continued investigations into the latest killings that have, so far, pushed the ...
Read More »St. Lucia Health Authority Says Russian National Who Arrived On Private Yacht Did Not Have Coronavirus
CASTRIES, St. Luca, February 13, 2020 (CMC) – Health authorities in St. Lucia have confirmed that a foreign national, who arrived here, earlier this week, by a private yacht, did not have the deadly coronavirus. This was confirmed by the ...
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