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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government has informed more than 2,000 sugar workers, who were made redundant when some of the country’s sugar estates were closed, late last year, that they will soon receive the final ...

SAN FRANSISCO, United States of America July 8, 2018 — The city of Kingston, Jamaica, was named the Nearshore City of the Year for its performance in business process outsourcing (BPO). The city received the accolade at the June 26 ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The controversial fuel price hike that triggered protests in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state of Haiti, has been suspended. The decision to suspended the increase in the price of ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The top United Nations emergency relief official has assured the Haitian government, of the organization’s support for its efforts to prepare against hurricanes and stamp out cholera, as he concluded a ...

NASSAU, The Bahamas, July. 8, 2018 (CMC) – Forty six Haitian migrants, who were apprehended in Bahamain waters, last week, all pleaded guilty to illegal landing, when they appeared in court, on Thursday. Two of the migrants, who were repeat ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Ministry of Energy is seeking overseas help, as an oil well that ruptured in the Gulf of Paria continues to spew oil and gas. The Ministry says since ...

KEY WEST, Florida July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard says crewmembers, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter, Thetis, have offloaded 2,116 pounds of marijuana in Key West, Florida, after returning home from an 88-day patrol in the ...

NASSAU, Bahamas, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – The Ministry of Health says four persons have been affected by conch poisoning, also known as Vibrio parahaemolyticus, in recent days. This was revealed by Health Minister, Dr. Duane Sands, during a recent ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 8, 2018 (CMC) – Tropical storm watches and warnings remain for several islands in the Eastern Caribbean, as a weakened Tropical Storm, Beryl, continues to move west-northwestward toward the Lesser Antilles This morning, Tropical Storm warnings were ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 6, 2018 (CMC) – Justice Adrian Saunders was installed as the third president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), on Wednesday, expressing disappointment that more Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations have not yet signed on to the ...