GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 13, (CMC) – The Guyana government says it has indisputable evidence that Venezuelan soldiers had fired shots at several officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) late last month. “The Venezuelan authorities would have done ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica State Minister Says Money Laundering Can Affect Caribbean Prosperity
By Garwin Davis JIS Correspondent ST. JAMES, Jamaica, June 9 (JIS) — Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams, says the twin threats of money laundering and terrorism financing are clear dangers to ...
Read More »Jamaican Youth To Benefit From Multi-million Dollar Project
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 9, (CMC) – Jamaica has announced plans to spend J$1.6 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.008 cents) on a New Employment Opportunities for Youth in Jamaica (NEO-Jamaica) Project that will benefit approximately 10,000 unattached young people between the ...
Read More »Young African Women More Vulnerable To HIV
By Lyndal Rowlands IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York, Jun 9 (IPS) — When Lebogang Brenda Motsumi was 16 years old she became pregnant, terrified about what her life would look like, she went to a backdoor clinic for ...
Read More »US Expresses Concern Over Delay In Haiti Elections
WASHINGTON, DC Jun 9, (CMC) – The United States says it regrets the decision of the electoral officials in Haiti to extend the date when a new head of state could be elected in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. ...
Read More »Allen Chastanet Sworn In As New St. Lucia PM
By Peter Richards St. Lucia Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, (CMC) – An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in, today, as the sixth Prime Minister of St. Lucia since the island attained political independence from Britain in 1979, vowing to ...
Read More »Stepping Up The Fight To End Cholera And Chikungunya Outbreaks In Mandera County, Kenya
By Siddharth Chatterjee Mandera County, Kenya, Jun 5 2016 (IPS) – Mandera’s double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal ...
Read More »World Oceans Day – A Death Sea Called Mediterranean
By Baher Kamal ROME, Jun 6 2016 (IPS) – While the United Nations identifies 17 major regional seas in its planning, the Mediterranean is perhaps the most dramatic case as it has gone from being the so-called cradle of civilization ...
Read More »African Leaders Make An Economic Case For Increased Nutrition Investments
By Friday Phiri LUSAKA, May 31 2016 (IPS) – Africa’s contribution to global malnutrition statistics is miserably high, with 58 million children under the age of five said to be too short for their age, while 13.9 million weigh too ...
Read More »UNFPA Funding Cuts Threaten Women’s Health In Poorer Nations
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 26 2016 (IPS) – The UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which has played a key role in ensuring maternal health and promoting reproductive rights of millions of women world-wide, is expected to suffer over $140 ...
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