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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 6, (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed a claim by a Guyanese medical practitioner for Guy$20 million (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004 cents) for loss of earnings. In a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 5, (CMC) – Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, today, called for greater cooperation between Latin America and the Caribbean, saying it could only “bring us regional benefits”. Bachelet, who met with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, said Latin America ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 5, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will be “taking a look at the thorny issues” confronting the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during their three-day summit here, which opened on Monday ...

By Vivienne Siva JIS Contributing Writer LONDON, England, July 4, (JIS) — A memorial statue for Jamaica-born Mary Seacole, believed to be the United Kingdom’s (UK) first in honour of a named Black woman, was unveiled in London on June ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 5, (CMC) – Jamaica is negotiating a joint commission agreement with Trinidad and Tobago, as Kingston seeks to strengthen its bilateral relations with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has said here. Addressing the ceremonial ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 4, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, 0n Saturday, led the tributes to Trinidad and Tobago’s fourth prime minister, Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning, who died less than 24 hours after he had ...

By Lyndal Rowlands IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York June 29, 2016 (IPS) — Despite their contribution to social justice, civil society organisations came under “serious attack” in 109 countries in 2015, according to a new report published by ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, June 29, (CMC) — Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, yesterday, called for an understanding of the financial situation confronting Venezuela, saying that the South American country is going through an experience that had confronted other Caribbean countries in the ...

By Linda Straker CMC Grenada Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 29, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has announced a third re-shuffle of his administration, saying he believes it is crucial that the New National Party (NNP) position itself ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 29, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says Jamaica has no intention of leaving the 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM, even as a government-appointed CARICOM Review Commission begins its work on July 5. “We cannot pre-empt what ...