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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government and its police said, today, they were concerned at the proliferation of a new drug, labelled “the Zesser Pill”, that has been blamed for ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – Four officials from the Atlanta-based, Carter Centre, have held talks with Attorney General, Basil Williams, regarding the ongoing preparations for the regional and general election in the country. “We were happy to have ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, is leading a three-member delegation to the United States for talks with “high-ranking members of the Congress”, according to a government statement, issued here. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 11, 2019 — The Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Campus, will be leading a national conversation on the appropriate positioning of the Jamaican language in official spaces. The discussion, under ...

GENEVA, Switzerland September 10, 2019 (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, called on the international community, yesterday, to summon-up the political will, as well as a multilateral approach, to deal with the impact of climate change. The Prime Minister ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.4, rattled Trinidad and Tobago, last night, the second quake to have rocked the Caribbean island, within a 24-hour period. The Seismic Research ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 11, 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados government says it will resume paying invalidity pensions to more than 150 people, even as it continues to deal with the “overpayment anomaly” that has cost the Treasury BDS$13.8 million, over ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has identified transformational leadership and human capital development as critical factors in achieving improved project implementation rates in Grenada and other Caribbean countries. He told a Caribbean ...

By Marie Claire Williams Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – Small farmers in Jamaica are turning to technology to mitigate the impact of climate change on their livelihoods. With the country now in the grip of a ...

GENEVA, Switzerland September 4, 2019 (CMC) – United Nations agencies and partners say they are “prioritizing needs” and ramping up aid, in the wake of the onslaught caused by Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas. At least seven people have been ...