PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 21, (CMC) – Two former members of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) will return to court, on July 5, after making a brief appearance before a city magistrate on charges of ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 21, (CMC) – A 21-year-old mother of two, who pleaded guilty to a charge of trafficking in cocaine, was sentenced, today, to four years imprisonment. In addition, Angelica Forde, who was detained at the Eugene F. Correia ...
Read More »Man Who Made Bomb Threat Jailed
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 21, (CMC) – A 42-year-old employee of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) was given a three-week jail term, today, after he pleaded guilty to phoning in a bomb threat at a mall, ...
Read More »Children Of A Lesser God: Trafficking Soars In India
By Neeta Lal NEW DELHI, Jun 20 2016 (IPS) – Sunita Pal, a frail 17-year-old, lies in a tiny bed in the women’s ward of New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Her face and head swathed in bandages, with only ...
Read More »New St. Lucia Prime Minister Names 15-member Cabinet
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June 14, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, yesterday, named a 15-member Cabinet that includes a former prime minister as well as a former acting police commissioner, and promised St. Lucians that while his new administration would ...
Read More »Former Prime Minister Resigns As Leader Of St. Lucia Labour Party
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June 14, CMC – Former prime minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, has formally resigned as leader of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) less than a week after he led the party into defeat in the June 6 ...
Read More »The Organisation Of Eastern Caribbean States Observes 35th Anniversary
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, June 13, (CMC) – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) yesterday, celebrated its 35thanniversary with the incoming chairman, Dr. Timothy Harris, saying “it represents a beacon on the hill to the process of regional integration”. Harris’ ...
Read More »Jamaica Diaspora Urged To Invest In The Critical Sectors Of The Country’s Economy
By Derrick Scott JIS Writer QUEENS, New York, June 14, (JIS) — Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, is encouraging members of the Diaspora to look at investing in critical sectors of Jamaica’s economy. These include ...
Read More »Trinidad Government Senator Resigns After Sex Video Goes Viral
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 14, (CMC) – Government Senator, Hafeez Ali, has reportedly resigned after a sexually explicit video has gone viral on social media, the Trinidad Express newspaper reported today. While there has been no official ...
Read More »US Embassy Wants Legal Reason For Jamaica’s Position To Flag Honouring LGBT Victims Of Orlando Massacre
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 14, (CMC) – The United States is asking Jamaica’s Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte, to provide a “legal” reason for her objection to the US Embassy, here, flying a rainbow flag in solidarity with the victims of ...
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