KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 19, 2016 (CMC) – A High Court judge will, on July 28, decide on the sentence to be imposed on businessman, Trevor Taffe, who was found guilty of decapitating the mother of his child on April 3. ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica’s Opposition Leader Says She Will Not Allow Detractors To Destroy Party
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 18, 2016 (CMC) – The Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says she will not allow her detractors to destroy the party, as she criticised those who continue to call for her to step ...
Read More »GECOM Rubbishes PPP Claim Of Voter Padding
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 18, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today, rubbished claims that it was involved in a plan to pad future voters’ lists by sharing its database with the Ministries of Education and Social Services. Guyana’s ...
Read More »Jamaica And Trinidad And Tobago Prime Ministers End “Fruitful” First Day Of Talks
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 18, (CMC) – Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, today, held talks with his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Dr. Keith Rowley, on a number of issues, aimed at improving the bilateral relations between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...
Read More »Security Guard In Jamaica Kills Co-worker Before Committing Suicide
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 15, (CMC) – Police are investigating the murder of a female security guard at the Tax Registration Number (TRN) building, today, by a male colleague, who later committed suicide. Police have not released details of the incident, ...
Read More »Hotel Operators Given Two-month Notice To Quit Premises In St. Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 15, (CMC) – The state-owned National Properties Ltd. has given the operators of the Cobblestone Inn two months to evacuate the premises. No reasons have been advanced for the move but the tenant, ...
Read More »Jamaica’s State Minister Commits To Advancing Cause Of Public-Sector Workers
By Denise Dennis JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica July 15 (JIS) — Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Rudyard Spencer, has committed to doing everything, along with the Public Sector Monitoring Committee (PSMC), to ...
Read More »Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Governor’s Advice For Caribbean Governments
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 15, (CMC) – The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, says regional governments must ensure that they do not leave members of the population behind in the quest for socio-economic development. Antoine, speaking ...
Read More »Former Senior Guyana Defence Force Officer To Probe Deaths Of Brothers
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 15, (CMC) – A retired senior official of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has been named as the sole commissioner, probing the circumstances that led to the deaths of two brothers, during a fire at a state ...
Read More »Pastor In St. Vincent Instructs Dead Woman To Get Up
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, July 15, (CMC) – A pastor called on a 35-year-old woman, who had died suddenly, late last month, to get up from her coffin and “come forth”, sending mourners into shock, the state-owned NBC ...
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