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KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 25, 2016 (CMC) – The National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA) is investigating reports of an oil spill in Kingston Harbour. In a release, today, NEPA said preliminary reports indicate that the spill occurred, on Thursday afternoon, ...

By Emilio Godoy IPS Correspondent MEXICO CITY, Mexico November 18, 2016 (IPS) — “Donald Trump will not stop me from getting to the U.S.,” said Juan, a 35-year-old migrant from Nicaragua, referring to the Republican president-elect who will govern that ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 17, 2016 (CMC) – Acting Police Commissioner, Stephen Williams, says the reputation of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has been tarnished by recent incidents in which cops have been accused of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 17, 2016 (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will be monitoring Sunday’s presidential elections in Haiti. CARICOM’s Electoral observer mission – led by Dr. Steve Surujbally, the Chairman of Guyana’s Elections Commission — arrived in the French ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 17, 2016 (CMC) – Members of the 142-year-old Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), on Monday, voted, overwhelmingly, to reorganize the group and convert the society into Jamaica’s only mutually owned commercial bank. Over 20,000 members voted in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 17, 2016 (CMC) – The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has attributed the island-wide power outage that occurred earlier this year, to the “lack of situation awareness on the part of the light and power company – ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, November 10, 2016 (CMC) — The Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) could benefit from Donald Trump’s victory at the polls in the United States. This is ...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, November 9, 2016 (CMC) – The outgoing Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Orville London, has criticised the service being provided by the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL), saying the island “needs an airline that is ...

NEW YORK, New York November 9, 2016 (CMC) – Two major Haitian Diaspora groups have launched an online petition, requesting that United States President, Barack Obama, immediately halt the deportation of undocumented Haitians in the wake of the massive destruction ...

By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 9, 2016 (CMC) – Caribbean politicians and academics, today, reacted to the election of billionaire, Donald J. Trump, as the 45th President of the United States, expressing hope for continued good ...