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Photo above: Dr. Warren Smith (fourth right) with members of the Toronto-Based CARICOM Consular Corps, following an address to that group on October 21, 2014 in Toronto. (L-R) Michael Willius, Consul General of Saint Lucia; CJ Augustine-Kanu, Honourary Consul General ...

The cottage has always been your little slice of heaven. But, due to your age and stage, the costs associated with cottage ownership— or whatever the reason—you’ve decided to sell. Here are some tips on how to sell your cottage ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hazel Ward Redman , a radio and television icon, affectionately called “Aunty Hazel”, has died after a battle with prolonged battle pancreatic cancer. She was 79. A former English teacher, she began her career ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago says a new TT$50 (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) note will be launched in December to coincide with the Bank’s 50th anniversary. Governor of the Central Bank, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft crashed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in 2011 because of a number of factors, including a lack of effective communication in the cockpit, according to an official report released ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it wants the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Roger Gaspard, to seriously consider prosecuting persons who claim to have remedies for various viruses such as the Ebola virus ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it has exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, the most in the country’s history. “It’s the very first time in our history, so as of Tuesday the amount of rice exported that left Guyana already ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it will receive US$35 million from Norway under the forests and climate change partnership between the two countries. President Donald Ramotar, in a nationwide radio and television broadcast, said Norway will pay Guyana the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has described the late president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Francis “Paco” Kennedy as a “giant”, who was always driven by the desire to improve the cause of business ...

WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says cyber vulnerabilities continue to affect a “wide range of targets” in the Caribbean. OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, said while member-states are “ever-more familiar with cyber security threats, ...