GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 9, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana Bar Association (GBA), today, said Guyana had been successful in getting a new agreement signed that would allow for 25 top University of Guyana (UG) graduates gaining automatic entry to the ...
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 9, 2016 (CMC) – Police are searching for the killers of a 15-year-old schoolboy, who was shot near his home in Chaguanas, in Central Trinidad last night. Police said that Mohammed Ali, a ...
Read More »T&T Prime Minister Marks First Year In Office With Warning To Population
By Peter Richards CMC Trinidad Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 8, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, yesterday, marked the first anniversary of his People’s National Movement (PNM) administration in office, warning the population to ...
Read More »Barbados And Jamaica Prime Ministers Hold Bilateral Talks
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 8 , 2016 (CMC) — The Prime Ministers of Barbados and Jamaica discussed the state of bilateral relations between both countries, on Wednesday, against the background of two recent incidents related to Jamaican travelers to Barbados. The meeting ...
Read More »Guyana PM Orders Media Company CEO To Apologise To Pregnant News Anchor
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 8, 2016 (CMC) – The Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN), Lennox Cornette, has been ordered to apologise to Natasha Smith, who was removed as news anchor, on account of her pregnancy. Yesterday, Prime ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Celebrates 54 Years Of Political Independence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 31, 2016 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 54th anniversary of political independence from Britain with the traditional military parade, and Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, telling citizens “we have a ...
Read More »Trinidad PM Says He Has Been Given Clean Bill Of Health
By Peter Richards CMC T&T Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 18, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, today, said he had been given a clean bill of health by his doctors overseas, hinting also that ...
Read More »Redesigned Marcus Garvey Multimedia Museum Launched
By Latonya Linton JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica August 18, 2016 (JIS) — Liberty Hall hosted a soft launch of the redesigned Marcus Garvey Multimedia Museum, located on King’s Street, in downtown Kingston, yesterday. The launch was preceded by the ...
Read More »Caribbean Diaspora Organizations Join Campaign To Exonerate Marcus Garvey
By Nelson King CMC US Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC August 18, 2016 (CMC) – A number of United States-based Caribbean organizations have joined a campaign to exonerate Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Garvey. The Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), said ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Economic Growth Council Committed To Growth Target
By Denise Dennis JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica August 18, 2016 (JIS) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the Economic Growth Council (EGC) remains committed to achieving the target of five percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) within the ...
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