KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Parliament has given the green light to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 2014, ensuring that businesses no longer face closure when facing bankruptcy. The Senate has approved the legislation with 43 additional amendments, following passage in ...
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SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – Two United Nations agencies say the unfavorable evolution of the economy in Latin America and the Caribbean during the second half of 2014 will not prevent regional urban unemployment from decreasing slightly this year. The Economic ...
Read More »T&T Government Maintains Ban On Nigerians
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is maintaining a ban on travellers from Nigeria entering the oil-rich twin island republic, even though the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday, declared the African country free ...
Read More »Trinidad Union Workers Refuse To Unload Ship From Ghana
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The powerful Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) on Tuesday, prevented its members from unloading a ship from West Africa, saying that the state-owned oil company, PETROTIN, had not formulated any protocols to deal with ...
Read More »Guyanese Muslim Leader Barred From Entering Jamaica Threatens Legal Action
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller led administration has been threatened with a lawsuit after Gerald Perreira, a Guyanese Muslim leader, was barred from entering the country to attend the 19th anniversary celebration of the Million-Man March. Perreira ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Confirms Paying For Private Jet To Return Muslim Leader To T&T
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government Friday, confirmed that it had paid an estimated US$36,000 to return the leader of the radical Jamaat al Muslimeen group back to Trinidad and Tobago after denying him entry early last week. The ...
Read More »Barbados Places No Travel Ban On West African Nationals
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados has not followed most of its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) partners and impose a travel ban on nationals coming from West Africa because of the deadly Ebola virus, according to an official statement issued here. “Barbados ...
Read More »Outgoing Nigerian Diplomat To T&T Against Travel Ban To His Country
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outgoing Nigerian Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Musa John Jen, has expressed disappointment that his country had been placed on a travel ban by some Caribbean countries, including Trinidad and Tobago because of fears ...
Read More »Guyana President Wants All Stakeholders To Assist In Developing Plan For Ebola Virus
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar says he will approach all parliamentary political parties as well as civil society in a national response as the country prepares to protect its citizens from a possible outbreak of the deadly Ebola ...
Read More »Toronto Mayoral Candidates Promise To Address CARIBANA’S “Hijacking’’
By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Since 2006, the City of Toronto has been in the middle of a virtual family dispute involving Caribbean nationals and the summer carnival that began in 1967 as CARIBANA. And some ...
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