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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 8, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, who ended their 37th summit here on Wednesday, have expressed support for the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his bid to find a lasting solution to the century-old border ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 8, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says policy holders with the cash-strapped Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) will benefit from a billion dollars (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) payment, even as ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 7, (CMC) – The Grenada government says the salaries of public servants will be adjusted at the end of July, based on the 2013-16 agreement, according to Nickolas Steele, the Minister for Health, Social Security and ...

By Latonya Linton JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 7, (JIS) — Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, says the government is to undertake an audit of the nation’s borders. Making his contribution to the 2016/17 Sectoral Debate in the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 7, (CMC) – Jamaica’s Attorney-General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the Andrew Holness-led administration will be making “radical changes” in a bid to curb the country’s murder rate. Malahoo Forte, in her contribution to the 2016/2017 Sectoral debate ...

By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 7, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their 37th summit here, last night, describing their two days of deliberations as “most successful” and outlining new initiatives to push the regional ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 6, (CMC) – Guyana has launched a Building Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management/Disaster Risk Reduction (DRM/DRR) project, with a senior government minister underscoring the need to deal with the impact of climate change on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 6, (CMC) – Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says in an effort to attract more visitors from Latin America and Europe, the government will be doing away with visa requirements. Bartlett has listed the countries to be ...

By Orlando Milesi IPS South America Correspondent MATANZAS, Chile, July 6, (IPS) — Seaweed, a nutrient-rich foodstuff that was a regular part of the diet of several South American indigenous peoples, is emerging as a new pillar of food security ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, July 6, (CMC) – Former Prime Minister, Kenny Anthony, has broken his silence on why he resigned as political leader of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP). Following his party’s 11 to 6 defeat at the June ...