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WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says it hopes parliamentary debate would resume in Guyana “in the shortest possible period of time” as it has taken note of the decision of President, Donald Ramotar, to prorogue ...

ATLANTA, Georgia, CMC – The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that the chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean and Central and South American countries continues to spread with no sign of slowing down. According to the ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Police say a 42-year-old woman was “chopped all over her body” and killed while her husband attempted suicide following a bitter divorce battle. Police said that Sardha Goeptar-Soekhoe died while undergoing treatment at the hospital and ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in St. Lucia on Saturday, resulting in several fallen trees, blocked roads and landslides. Infrastructure Minister, Phillip J. Pierre, said low lying communities along the northern and eastern sections of ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Communications Workers Union (CWU) Friday, questioned the intention of the British telecommunications giant, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), to pay US$1.85 billion for the privately owned Columbus International, a fibre-based telecoms company serving ...

NEW YORK, United States, CMC – United States underwater archeologists say they have discovered a lost Dutch warship that sank 337 years ago in Tobago. The team, led by Dr. Kroum Batchvarov of the University of Connecticut, after years of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica will be supplying bananas to the United Kingdom (UK), while Trinidad and Tobago has given clearance for the produce to enter its territory, Agriculture Minister, Derrick Kellier, has said. He said that a contract was ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, Friday, led the tributes for a 45-year-old government legislator, who died in hospital on Thursday night. Senator, Jester Emmons, the Parliamentary Secretary for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, was described ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Revenues from taxes increased by three billion dollars (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.004 cents) rather than the target of J$166 million given by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Economic Program Oversight Committee (EPOC) has said. But ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer A Review TORONTO, Ontario – The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica returned to Toronto after 15 years with a delightful showcase of its repertoire – some old, some new to us in ...