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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 7, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, today, named an 18-member Cabinet that he says, will lay the blueprint for economic growth, create jobs and reduce public debt in Jamaica, over the next five years. Holness,43 — ...

Photo above: Players of the West Indies men’s cricket team, celebrate being named the 2012 champions; the team will enter the ICC T20 World Cup, second in the rankings. Photo credit: ICC.com. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 7, (CMC) – The West Indies ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar 7, (CMC) – Lawyers representing chartered accountant, Keiron Pinard-Byrne, who won a £20, 000 (One British Pound =US$1.42 cents) against Opposition Leader, Lennox Linton, has written to the politician demanding full payment of the award. In addition, ...

Photo above: WICB President, Dave Cameron, who announced today, that a team would now be set up to look at recommendations from the Lucky, Patterson and Wilkin Reports, which were yet to be implemented. Photo courtesy of the WICB. KINGSTON, ...

WASHINGTON, DC Mar 6, (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says, Caribbean countries continue to be affected by the global economic downturn of 2008, and some have still not recorded pre-2008 growth rates. The IDB, which held a two-day ...

TORONTO, Canada, Mar 5, (CMC) – The 157th running of the prestigious Queen’s Plate headlines 101 stakes races, scheduled for the 2016 Woodbine racing season, which gets underway next month. The added money suite of races will be worth in ...

Photo above: the front entrance of the Scarborough Hospital’s Birchmount Campus. TORONTO, Ontario — A networking event that will benefit the Maternal Newborn and Child Care program at the Scarborough Hospital’s Birchmount Campus, is being held on Monday, March 7. ...

Photo above: Viola Desmond. Photo credit: public domain. TORONTO, Ontario March 1, 2016 — Ryerson University will honour the extraordinary achievements of Black women from the university’s campus, and in the community, at the 8th Annual Viola Desmond Day Awards ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 5, (CMC) – Barbados and St. Lucia have ended talks here, aimed at establishing an agreement on maritime boundaries between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. A government statement said, that officials from the two countries ended ...

Photo above: Dr. Clarence Henry. Photo credit: Antigua and Barbuda government. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Mar 5, (CMC) – The Chairman of the National Coordinating Committee overseeing Antigua and Barbuda’s plans to decide whether or not the country should replace to ...