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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 29, (CMC) – The Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) says it does not support the moves by the Keith Rowley administration to extend, by another two years, the Bail (Amendment) Act ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 29, (CMC) – Guyana is welcoming the increased price for gold on the international market as a result of the global financial uncertainty that has emerged following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Britons, last week, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 28, (CMC) – Former prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, could face a challenge to her leadership of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as the party announced that nominations for candidates for the positions of president ...

By Chris Patterson JIS Contributing Writer MORANT BAY, Jamaica, June 28, (JIS) — The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be restarting its farmers’ market initiative at venues across the island, to address the glut of some produce. ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 28, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, today, described the Federation’s first prime minister, Sir Kennedy Simmonds, as a “towering standard-bearer for the period that historians label as the beginning of contemporary Caribbean politics”, as ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 28, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, today, warned that transnational organised crime is stifling social and economic growth in the Caribbean. “It is no secret that this region has seen the impact of transnational organised crime ...

By Rochelle Williams JIS Contributing Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 26, (JIS) — Jamaica’s Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology has officially launched the Open Data Portal, providing free government data online. The portal is easily accessible by the public and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 25, (CMC) – Last Saturday, Guyana acknowledged that the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping still needs “to do a lot more” to strengthen its effectiveness, but said it remains relevant to the development of the region. Foreign ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 27, (CMC) – The Vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Hilary Beckles, says the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) should use Britain’s vote to exit from the European Union “to deepen and strengthen its internal ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 27, (CMC) – Britain has sought to give Guyana the assurance that it will be business as usual, at least for the next two years, even though London has voted to get out of the European Union ...