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Photo above: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left) along with the Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Mr. Bernardo Guanche Hernandez (right) unveil a plaque in honour of the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro after whom ...

By Kirk Moss PRIDE Guest Columnist Re: Toronto Star article “Feeling ‘hopeless’, parents weigh other school options” by Noor Javed and Kristin Rushowy (September 3, 2015) There is an amplified voice of annoyance swirling around Ontario’s education system, and it’s ...

RODNEY BAY, St. Lucia — The new Canadian-born General Manager of The Landings St. Lucia is determined to help the luxury Caribbean resort retain its ranking as one the Caribbean’s top resorts by boosting staff training programs and by giving ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – A woman, who reportedly admitted paying a hit man to kill her husband earlier this month, will re-appear in court on October 13. Gwendolyn Persaud appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan, in the Georgetown Magistrates Court, and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica says two new multi-billion dollar state of the art air traffic control towers will go into service at the island’s two international airports before yearend. Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has named former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara as a special envoy. A brief government statement said that Lara, who has the highest individual first class and test scores ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC –Guyana has recorded a six per cent increase in murder for the first eight months of this year as compared to 2014, according to official figure released here. Police said that a total of 108 murders were ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Political and religious leaders Monday condemned what they termed racial comments posted on the social media after the People’s National Movement (PNM) came to power following the September 7 general election. Prime Minister Dr. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica recorded revenue of J$127.2 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.004 cents) during the first four months of this fiscal year, the co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has said. Byles said that ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC — Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says the APNU+AFC Government will continue to strive for national unity with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) although they closed the door on talks to that effect. In response to a ...