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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 31, (CMC) – Guyanese will be paying less for electricity as of April 1, due to the fall in world oil prices. Today, the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) announced a 20 per cent reduction in ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar. 31, (CMC) – A former government minister has been appointed to investigate the increase in the number of school dropouts. Education Minister, Petter Saint Jean, says the Ministry has engaged the services of former Minister for Social ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica Mar. 31, (CMC) – A policeman is among seven persons facing extradition to the United States to stand trial on lottery scamming charges. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the police detained 19 persons in a major anti-lottery scam operation, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 31, (CMC) – The police have taken into custody Bibi Safaoora Salim, 52, following a Facebook post, in which she threatened President David Granger. The police, who are also searching for two more persons, who are Guyanese ...

Photo above: Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Photo credit: Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Mar. 30, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, today, tabled a report on the Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) here, as he dismissed opposition ...

Photo above: OAS Special Meeting in progress in the organisation’s chambers. Photo credit: OEA/OAS. WASHINGTON, DC Mar. 30, (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, today, urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to lend support to their claims that the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 30, (CMC) – The Guyana government is seeking to establish a special response team to deal with prison unrests in the future, following this month’s incident that left at least 17 inmates dead and several others injured, ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Mar. 30, (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda has welcomed a US$52 million hotel project by Trinidad and Tobago investors and developers, praising them for making “the bold decision to make a tangible investment in our country”. Tourism, ...

Photo above: Former New York City Councilwoman, Una Clarke, (left) and Curtis Ward at the forum. Photo credit: JNBS. NEW YORK CITY, New York, Mar, 29, (CMC) – A former Jamaican diplomat says, the island-state needs to look to its ...

Photo above: Haiti’s Interim President, Jocelerme Privert, who swore-in a 15-member Cabinet, yesterday. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Mar. 29, (CMC) – Haiti’s Interim President, Jocelerme Privert, has sworn in a 15-member Cabinet, promising citizens in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...