BRIDGETOWN, Barbados May 13 – Heads of States, Ministers of Finance and high level representatives of 28 Caribbean countries will assemble in Montego Bay, Jamaica for the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of Governors, on ...
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 13, (CMC) – Speaker of the National Assembly, Franklin R. O. Brand, has resigned from the post due to health reasons. In a release, yesterday, the government confirmed media reports about Brand’s resignation. “Brand had been ...
Read More »UN Agencies Predict Rising Unemployment In The Caribbean In 2016
UNITED NATIONS, New York May 13, (CMC) – Two United Nations agencies have predicted rising unemployment for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2016. In their latest report, “Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean”, the Economic Commission for ...
Read More »Guyana Opposition Tables Motion On State Of Rice Industry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 12 (GINA) — Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, today, committed to adopting a motion brought to the National Assembly, which examines the current state of the rice industry, and outlines several measures for the industry’s sustainability — ...
Read More »Nurses’ Role In Improving Guyana’s Health Systems’ Resilience Underscored
GEORGETOWN, Guyana May 12 – The important role played by nurses in improving health systems’ resilience in Guyana, was underscored today, as the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) observed International Nurses Day. This year, International Nurses day is being observed ...
Read More »Jamaica Justice Minister On Mission To Reduce Delay
By Shelly-Ann Irving JIS Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica May 12 (JIS) — Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, is on a mission to tackle the culture of delay that is slowing down the justice system. “If the measure of success in the justice ...
Read More »Fifteen Percent Salary Increase For Early Childhood Teachers
By Rochelle Williams JIS Writer NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica May 12 (JIS) — Early childhood education teachers are to benefit from a further 15 percent increase in salary this year. State Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, who made ...
Read More »Security Minister Says No Place For Corrupt Cops In Jamaica Constabulary Force
By Garwin Davis JIS Writer ST. JAMES, Jamaica May 12 (JIS) — Minister of National Security, Hon. Robert Montague, says the selfish and unethical actions of a few members will not be allowed to undermine the hard work of the ...
Read More »Young Letter Writer Gets Computer From Jamaica Prime Minister
By Denise Dennis JIS Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica May 11 (JIS) — Omade Williams is a Grade Six student at the Browns Hall Primary School in St. Catherine, who dreams of becoming a pilot. Recently, moved by happenings in his community, ...
Read More »Bank Of Guyana Launches Jubilee Commemorative Coins And $50 Bill
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 11 (GINA) — Commemorative coins and a $50 bank note were launched, today, at the Bank of Guyana (BOG) as part of the 5oth Independence Anniversary celebrations. BOG’s Governor, Dr. Gobind Ganga, said that it is customary ...
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