KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 13, (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it will review legislation related to violence against women and children, in the wake of the murder of three-year-old Nevalesia Campbell over last weekend, Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, Olivia ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 13, (CMC) – The Guyana government says it will not condone any local or foreign company breaching local laws, nor will it interfere with the workings of trade unions here. Minister within the Ministry Social Protection, Keith ...
Read More »St. Kitts Police Detain St. Vincent National Following Murder Of Woman
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, July 13, (CMC) – Police have arrested a St. Vincent and the Grenadines national after he, allegedly, killed a woman at their home, today, a few yards from a police station. Police said that the woman, Samantha ...
Read More »Grenada Public Service Commission Defends Decision To Reinstate Suspended Senior Police Officer
GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 13, (CMC) – The Public Service Commission (OSC), today, defended its decision to reinstate Assistant Superintendent of Police, Claudius David, and the Keith Mitchell government said it was surprised at the decision. The PSC confirmed that the ...
Read More »‘Get The Guns’ Campaign In Jamaica Yielding Results
By Chris Patterson JIS Contributing Writer ST. ANDREW, Jamaica, July 12, (JIS) — The ‘Get the Guns’ campaign continues to reap results, in the number of illegal guns seized by the security forces since the start of the year. Communication Officer, ...
Read More »Jamaica PM Condemns Murder Of Three-Year-Old Girl As Man Of Interest Detained By Police
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 12, (CMC) – Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says his administration “will do whatever we can to deal with these gruesome and indecent acts”, as police announced they had detained a person in connection with the murder ...
Read More »Guyana Seeking US Help To Determine Cause Of Sudden Poultry Deaths
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 12, (CMC) – Guyana is seeking assistance from the United States, as it seeks to determine what is responsible for the sudden poultry deaths in East Bank, Berbice. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Livestock ...
Read More »Jamaican Government Moving To Keep Sugar Factories Open
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 11, (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it is holding talks with potential investors, in a bid to keep operational, the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Clark’s Town, Trelawny, northwest of here. The government took over the ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago Says Goodbye To Former PM, Patrick Manning
By Peter Richards CMC Trinidad Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 11, (CMC) – Last Saturday, Trinidad and Tobago bade farewell to Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning, who served as prime minister on two occasions and remembered as a ...
Read More »Guyana Government Appoints Cabinet Sub-committee To Examine Audit Reports
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 8, (CMC) – The Guyana government says it has appointed a cabinet sub-committee to examine the audit reports it had earlier commissioned for criminal and negligent conduct. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, said that ...
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