MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, May 19, (CMC) – Caribbean policymakers are being urged to pay greater attention to the impact of poverty and poverty-reduction programs on women and households headed by women. A Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) study is proposing fundamental ...
Read More »Category Archives: International News
Feed SubscriptionCaribbean Development Bank President Outlines Vision For Private Sector-driven Caribbean
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, May 19, (CMC) – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. William Warren Smith, said he believes a competitive and resilient private sector-driven economy could help Caribbean people realise the vision of a region that ...
Read More »Couple Abducted And Murdered In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 19, (CMC) – Jamaica police are investigating the murder of a bus driver and his wife in the western parish of Hanover. The police report that Balford Gordon, a bus driver, and his wife, Annette Brown Gordon, ...
Read More »Guyana On Alert For Possible Venezuelan Refugee Crisis
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 19, (CMC) – Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Mark Phillips, says the GDF has been placed on alert, in the wake of reports that Venezuelans could flee to neighbouring countries as economic ...
Read More »Berbiceans Benefit From Specialised Surgeries As Chinese Medical Team Visits Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 18 (GINA) — Thirteen (13) Berbicians benefited from specialised surgeries at the New Amsterdam Hospital, yesterday, as the 11th Chinese Medical Brigade visited and conducted a series of operations. The presence of the Chinese Medical Brigade in ...
Read More »Guyana’s National Museum Holds Yester-year Exhibition: Local Innovations In Olden Days On Display
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 18 (GINA) — The Guyana National Museum, the Museum of African Heritage and the Walter Roth Museum, have brought together relics, objects, artifacts and articles, for a one-month exhibition in recognition and celebration of Guyanese culture and ...
Read More »Jamaica Finance Minister Urges Greater Cooperation For Border Control
By Denise Dennis JIS Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica May 17, (JIS) — Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, is urging greater regional cooperation to address common border security challenges. Shaw said given the global economy, the international nature of ...
Read More »Jamaica Surpasses IMF Primary Surplus And NIR Targets
By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Writer NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica May 18 (JIS) — Jamaica has surpassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Primary Surplus and Net International Reserve (NIR) targets for the January to March quarter. The Primary Surplus was $120.8 billion, ...
Read More »Grenada Wants Germany To Consider Debt Swap
By Linda Straker CMC Grenada Contributing Writer ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 17, (CMC) – Grenada has written to the German government, asking the European country to consider an initiative, piloted in the Seychelles islands by The Nature Conservancy, that resulted ...
Read More »CARICOM To Implement “Gender-Sensitive” Results-Based Management System In June
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will, next month, begin the implementation of a “Gender Sensitive Results-Based Management (RBM) System” to build a results-oriented culture around the operationalization of the CARICOM Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2019,” ...
Read More »