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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – The five countries of the Nordic region have indicated that they will render assistance, through the United Nations (UN), to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that were affected by recent hurricanes. The revelation ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) is providing EC$806,000 in emergency humanitarian aid to Dominica, following the severe destruction caused by Hurricane Maria, earlier this week. The relief will ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – St. Lucia’s Acting Prime Minister, Lenard Montoute, says that, apart from damage to the road network and the island’s vital banana sector, the island had survived the worst of Hurricane Maria, which ...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) announced, today, that, since its inception in 2007, it has made payouts of a little more than US$100 million to 12 of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – A team of firemen, from the Barbados Fire Service, left the island, today, for Dominica, to render much-needed assistance to the country that was devastated by Hurricane Maria, late yesterday. Chief Fire Officer, ...

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Maria is being blamed for at least one death on the French-speaking Caribbean nation of Guadeloupe, yesterday, prior to making landfall in Dominica. According to government officials, one person was killed when ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – Jamaica’s immediate-past Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, will be conferred with a Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of the West Indies (UWI), during an official ceremony on September ...

By Marie Claire Williams CMC Feature Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 18, 2017 (CMC) – Every year, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries spend billions of US dollars importing agricultural products into the region. But three decades ago, agriculture was the main ...

NEW AMSTERDAM, Guyana September 15, 2017 — Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, and members of the Ministry of Legal Affairs Compliance Team, held a one-day Anti-Money Laundering Outreach and Sensitisation Seminar on Tuesday, at the Little ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana September 15, 2017 — President David Granger said his government will ensure that quality education is delivered across the country, despite the limitations that it faces, in terms of budget and population size. “We will improve the delivery ...