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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 23, 2016 (CMC) – Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding here, today, with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure stating that it is working to provide relief to affected areas across the country. The Hydromet office said that ...

By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, December 23, 2016 (CMC) – The Grenada government has denied signing a secret legal agreement that will allow for a British-based oil and gas exploration company to get involved in the exploration ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, December 23, 2016 (CMC) – St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, today, said the Caribbean has lost an “unparalleled genius”, after the former governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner, died at a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 22, 2016 (CMC) – Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, will be leaving office next month. The Jamaica Gleaner reports that it has obtained a copy of a letter Williams wrote to the Police Service Commission, in ...

NEW YORK, New York December 22, 2016 (CMC) – Three St. Lucians were indicted, yesterday, in connection with the 2014 abduction and murder of Menachem Stark, a landlord from Brooklyn. Acting Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, said a 38-year-old St. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December. 22, 2016 (CMC) – The government of Jamaica has promised to establish a memorial site for victims of the 1860 cholera epidemic that led to the deaths of approximately 40,000 persons. According to Health Minister, Dr. Christopher ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York December 22, 2016 (CMC) – A new United Nations report says a significant number of children in the Caribbean and Central America are victims of human trafficking. The report, from the United Nations Office on Drugs ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Contributing Writer MARYLAND, USA, December 21, 2016 — Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, commonly known as E.R. Braithwaite (his published name), whose autobiographical novel, “To Sir With Love”, achieved box office acclaim as a movie starring Sidney ...

By Kenton X. Chance CMC Feature Writer JERUSALEM December 20, 2016 (CMC) – For many Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals, the word Israel is akin to thinking of “God’s chosen people” who have been prosecuted throughout the ages. And while the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 19, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it remains committed to collaborating with all stakeholders, including those overseas, in combating human trafficking here. In a statement following a two-day training course, the Ministerial Task Force on ...