Photo above: Migrants looking down from the mountain behind the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco. Credit: Andrea Pettrachin/IPS. By Andrea Pettrachin CEUTA (IPS) — In the middle of the mountains behind the border fence of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in ...
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Photo above: The migrants photographed here were being loaded on to a cargo plane in Kufra, located in southeastern Libya. Credit: Rebecca Murray/IPS. By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees ...
Read More »Commonwealth Group Pleased With Election Process In Trinidad And Tobago
Photo above: Sir Paul Tovua flanked by two officials from the Commonwealth Secretariat (CMC photo). PORT OF SPAIN Trinidad CMC — A Commonwealth team that observed Monday’s general election said, it re-affirmed the country’s record of “peaceful and credible elections that demonstrated ...
Read More »Dr. Rowley To Be Sworn In As T&T Prime Minister
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Dr. Keith Rowley will be sworn in as the sixth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, today (Wednesday) following his People’s National Movement (PNM) victory in the general election on Monday. Rowley, 66, will ...
Read More »St. Lucian Filmmaker Recognised For Outstanding Work
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC—St Lucian filmmaker, Davina Lee, is one of four filmmakers awarded by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) for outstanding work at a just ended regional screenwriters retreat held in Antigua and Barbuda. The initiative was ...
Read More »Alternative Destinations Emerge As Cuba Gets Ready For Tourism Boom
By Ivet González IPS Cuba Correspondent El ABRA, Cuba (IPS) — Along the road to the Viñales valley, travelled by thousands of tourists to Cuba, lies the home of self-taught artist Miguel Antonio Remedios, which he has turned into a ...
Read More »Audit Reveals Several Inadequacies In Jamaica’s Public Health System
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC — An audit of the four regional health authorities here has revealed critical gaps in the island’s public health system. Health Minister, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, outlined the findings at a press conference on Wednesday. According to the ...
Read More »Guyana Defends Purchasing Oil From Trinidad And Tobago
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has defended its decision to purchase oil from Trinidad and Tobago saying, that it believes it has a responsibility and obligation to ensure that there will be no shortage of fuel in country. ...
Read More »European Residents Offer Support, Homes To Refugees
Photo above: Many Syrian cities have been reduced to piles of rubble, as a civil war that is now well into its fifth year shows no signs of abating. Desperate refugees are fleeing to Europe to escape the fighting. Credit: ...
Read More »Guyana’s Public Security Minister Issues Warning
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, says, he is satisfied with the response, so far, to the government’s gun amnesty. “I am pleased that the first day was wonderful, to get a 1000 rounds of ammunition is ...
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