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Photo above: Director General of the OECS Commission, Dr. Didacus Jules. Photo credit: OECS. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar. 20, (CMC) — Policy makers in the nine-nation organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will now have access to the first digital version ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 20, (CMC) – The police have launched a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud and misconduct, leveled against former Cabinet minister, Marlene McDonald. This was announced by Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams, yesterday . ...

Photo above: The Far North countryside has faced attacks from the Boko Haram. Photo credit: Mbom Sixtus-Yaounde/IPS. By Mbom Sixtus-Yaounde IPS Africa Correspondent YAOUNDE, Cameroon, Mar. 18, 2016 (IPS) — “They have reduced the quantity of food they used to give ...

Photo above: Guyana President, David Granger, seen in Toronto, before the Guyana election in May 2015. Photo by John O’Dell. NEW YORK, New York Mar 19, (CMC) – Guyana’s President, David Granger, will be the Grand Marshall of the 2016 ...

Photo above: officials in Haiti begin counting ballots at the end of polling on election day, on August 9, 2015. Photo credit: UN/MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi. UNITED NATIONS, New York Mar 19, (CMC) – A day after the United Nations top official ...

Photo above: President David Granger (center) is flanked by Guyana Minister of State Joseph Harmon (left) and GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, at news conference, earlier today. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 19, (CMC) – Guyana’s ruling coalition government – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 19, (CMC) – Health authorities have confirmed the death of a second medical practitioner, as a result of the Swine Flu virus, and are urging high risk persons, who have contracted the disease, to seek urgent medical ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 19, (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its support for Belize in its ongoing border dispute with Guatemala, following last weekend’s incident, involving members of the Belize Defense Force (BDF) and the Guatemalan Navy ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mar. 19, (CMC) – National Security Minister, Victor La Corbiniere, has denied suggestions that Acting Police Commissioner, Errol Alexander, was pushed out of office, after Severin Moncherry was named as the new Commissioner of Police. “He has ...

Photo above: former Dominica Health Minister, Julius Timothy. ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar 18, (CMC) – The Dominica government has named former health minister, Julius Timothy, as the island’s non-resident ambassador to Mexico. A government statement said, that Timothy, who lost the ...