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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in Grenada has paid out more money than it was able to collect, for the first six months of 2018, and its management wants appropriate changes to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – More than 30 tremors have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, since Tuesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked the oilrich, twin-island republic, causing widespread damage, the Seismic Research Centre ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, says his coalition Team Unity government will provide all the necessary requirements, needed by law enforcement agencies, as they seek to stem the criminal activities in St. ...

NEW YORK CITY, New York August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Former Barbados government minister, Donville Inniss, will return to a Federal Court on October 23, this year, after he pleaded not guilty, today, to money laundering charges. The 52-year-old former ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government has dismissed as ‘erroneous”, a local newspaper’s report that the country’s decision to be part of the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), could result in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...

BROOKLYN, New York August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Several New York legislators joined their Caribbean-American colleagues and community activists, in celebrating the unveiling of a street in Brooklyn, honouring the Haitian revolutionary leader, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. New York State Assembly member, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The search was expected to resume for a five-year-old American national, who was due to return home, today, but has been missing since Tuesday, after going on a raft up the Martha Brae ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – President, David Granger, says his administration does not want a confrontation with teachers, who are planning to embark upon industrial action that could disrupt the opening of the new school term in September. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the 190-megawatt (MW) power plant, being constructed by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, can potentially spur increased local and foreign direct investments. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The United States (US) Embassy has announced that from August 28, it will waive visa renewal interviews in Barbados for qualified applicants. It said the move is part of the US government’s efforts ...