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Photo above: Dr. Everold Hosein. Photo courtesy of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Mar. 29, (CMC) – The former head of the Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication (CARIMAC), ...

Photo above: Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), in discussion with President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), William Mahfood, before the start of the PSOJ’s President’s Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 29, (CMC) – Jamaica has recorded a slight decrease in murders during the first three months of this year, according to official figures released here. The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said, there were 245 murders up to ...

Photo above: African youth watch as drone comes in for a landing. It took 10 minutes to cover 10 kilometers. Photo credit: UNICEF. By Charity Chimungu Phiri IPS Africa Correspondent LILONGWE, Malawi, Mar. 28, 2016 (IPS) — The first successful ...

Photo above: a turtle swims in a Marine Protected Area. Photo credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. By Thalif Deen IPS UN Bureau Chief UNITED NATIONS, Mar. 28, 2016 (IPS) — The United Nations has begun negotiations for a new legally ...

By Demion McTair CMC St. Vincent Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar. 28, (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines was once the coconut capital of the Commonwealth. Coconut oil and other coconut-related products were vibrant and booming, with respectable export ...

Photo above is of Haslyn Parris. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 28, (CMC) – Haslyn Parris, a former deputy Prime Minister, died today, after an emergency operation. He was 75 years old. Parris, who, in the 1970s, became a member of the Central Executive ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar. 28, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, says, St. Lucia will have to look at “other solutions” to the spate of rapes on the island in recent months, acknowledging that “it is clear that strong ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Mar. 28, (CMC) – A new report, by the Defense National Network of Human Rights (RNDDH), shows that 35 members of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) were killed, during a 14 month period. In its ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 28, (CMC) – The San Fernando City Corporation (SFCC) says, it is taking legal action to prevent the sale of medals, won by Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic medalist, Rodney Wilkes, who died on March ...