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Photo above: William Mahfood, President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica and Chairman of the Wisynco Group in Jamaica, addresses Jamaicans residing in Toronto during the JN Outlook for the Future series. Seated at head table, from left to right, are: Earl Jarrett, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Jamaica prime minister P.J. Patterson has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron of seeking to “trivialise and diminish the significance of 300 years of British enslavement of Africans”. In an open letter to the British ...

Thinking of pumpkin as a nutritious super food can be a bit puzzling. After all, isn’t the image that comes to mind sweet and smooth and covered in whipped cream? But, according to nutritionists, we should be thinking of pumpkin ...

JOHN’S, Antigua, Oct. 11, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne says last week’s arrest of former United Nations Ambassador Dr. John Ashe, on corruption charges has cast a “pall of gloom” over the twin-island state and neighbouring ...

CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – Venezuela has accused Guyana of “falsely accusing” Caracas of carrying out military operations in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said that Guyana president David Granger “lied” about the alleged presence of a ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – St. Lucia will launch its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) in January next year, Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has said. In an address to the Global Citizen Forum in Monaco, last Thursday, Anthony, while ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Tuesday announced it had opened a Honorary Consul office in Saudi Arabia as it seeks to expand the business and tourism profile of the island in the Middle East. An official ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, CMC – Dutch beer giant Heineken Wednesday took control of the Jamaican company, Desnoes & Geddes(D&G), after acquiring Diageo’s 57.9 per cent stake as part of a multi-million deal. The Dutch company said it had reached worth ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Association of Banks Inc. (CAB) says it is “once more forced to express its deep concern” over yet another “tax-haven” list which includes 15 Commonwealth Caribbean countries. The list is contained in the District ...

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer Friday, said he had received funds from former Antigua and Barbuda Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dr. John Ashe, who is now facing criminal charges in the United States. In a ...