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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 11, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force has extended its cordon around the Parliament building to include several nearby streets. This is being done while the nation assembly is in session. In a statement, today, the ...

By Ernie Seon CMC Contributing Writer CASTRIES, St. Lucia May 10, 2017 (CMC) – St. Lucia Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, who is also Minister of Finance, presented his first-ever budget to Parliament, late Tuesday, with a promise to pursue an ...

By Baher Kamal IPS Contributing Writer ROME, Italy May 10, 2017 (IPS) — Hundreds of migrants along North African migration routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations ...

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York May 10, 2017 (IPS) — Following the release of over 80 missing schoolgirls, human rights groups have expressed concerns about their rights and future. After a series of negotiations, the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 9, 2017 (CMC) – The government has announced plans to scale back on sugar production with the closure of some factories. The announcement was made, yesterday, by Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, as he presented a “State Paper ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis May 8, 2017 (CMC) – A group of protesters, today, called on Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, to respond to allegations that a Chinese fugitive is being protected by the local authorities. The Prime Minister was greeted ...

By Rahul Kumar IPS Contributing Writer BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8, 2017 (IPS) — The integration of migrants in cities, countering the rise of violent extremism, as well as youth radicalisation on the Internet have been some of the key issues ...

By Mario Osava IPS Contributing Writer RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil May 8, 2017 (IPS) — It cannot be categorically stated that corruption has increased in the country in recent years, because there is no objective information from earlier periods to ...

By Goele Geeraert IPS Contributing Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium May 8, 2017 (IPS) — The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) met, last week, in Brussels, for the 105th Session of its Council of Ministers to discuss the key ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, May 8, 2017 (CMC) – Anti corruption agencies in the Commonwealth Caribbean have indicated that they will be gathering regional data and release their own anti corruption index, similar to the one issued, annually, by Transparency International. According ...