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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – The 79-year-old brother of President, David Granger, has died, according to an official statement issued here. The Ministry of the Presidency said that Cesare Francis Granger, who worked as a regional technocrat, died ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 3, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, on Friday, declared Mount Salem, in St. James, as the first Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) under recently approved legislation, aimed at curbing the spiralling murder rate in Jamaica. ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 3, 2017 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has announced a new Board of Directors for the state-owned oil company, PETROTRIN, saying that the cash-strapped company would also be restructured. Prime Minister, ...

BROOKLYN, New York, September 3, 2017 (CMC) – Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock, announced that President David Granger has requested that the languages of the Indigenous peoples of Guyana be taught in schools. The Minister made this statement, ...

BROOKLYN, New York, September 3, 2017 (CMC) – Police in Brooklyn have arrested a woman, who has been waging what has been described as a constant noise complaint war on the Caribbean pre-carnival festivities, as the West Indian American Day ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 31, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, has urged the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to be “focused and fearless” as the nation seeks to implement progressive strategies and policies. Today, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 30, 2017 (CMC) – Former Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan, was, today, formally charged with misbehaviour in public office, more than 30 hours after he was picked up at his home by police. A ...

By Sam Otieno IPS Contributing Writer NAIROBI, Kenya, August 30, 2017 (IPS) — Africa’s population continues to grow, putting intense pressure on available land for agricultural purposes and life-supporting ecosystem services even as the scenario is compounded by the adverse ...

By Roshni Majumdar IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York August 30, 2017 (IPS) — After sending a team to investigate the human rights conditions in Venezuela amid growing political and economic crisis, the UN Human Rights Office has reported that the ...

By Friday Phiri IPS Contributing Writer MPUMALANGA, South Africa, August 30, 2017 (IPS) — The United States and Europe’s preference for white meat is hurting Africa’s poultry industry, says Luc Smalle, manager at the agro firm, Rossgro, in South Africa’s ...