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By Marvin Hockstam CMC Suriname Correspondent PARAMARIBO, Suriname, June 28, 2017 (CMC) — Suriname’s military prosecutor, today, demanded a 20-year jail term for President, Desi Bouterse, for his alleged role in the so called “December Murders” that has given the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June 28, 2017 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have deepened their partnership to advance the interest of the sub region’s children. The two entities signed a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 28, 2017 (CMC) – Former prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, told legislators, in her last speech as a legislator, that they owe it to themselves to do what is best for Jamaica, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis , June 28, 2017 (CMC) – Retired Jamaica Defence Force Major General, Stewart Saunders, has been appointed as the national security advisor for St. Kitts-Nevis, according to an official statement issued here. The statement said the appointment ...

By Sir Ronald Sanders Guest Writer WASHINGTON, DC Jun 24, 2017 (CMC) – Three weeks ago, I and many other committed Caribbean integrationists, declared that the unity displayed by CARICOM countries at the Organization of American States (OAS) on May ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 8, 2017 (CMC) – More than three years after he was alleged to have pulled a firearm on a security guard, Mathew Pendergast, the grandson of reggae legend, Bob Marley, has been freed in the Gun Court. ...

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua And Barbuda, June 8, 2017 (CMC) – The government of Antigua and Barbuda has called on pilots with the regional carrier LIAT, to return to work and continue negotiations with the airline’s management. The call was made in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 29, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF), today, denied allegations, by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), that it had a list, containing the names of 200 people, who are being prevented from leaving the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 27, 2017 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) first submission to the European Commission on Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) has now been published in the Commission’s ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, 2017 (CMC) – Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has been awarded Guyana’s Cacique’s Crown of Honour, the second highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana. LaRocque was named among ...