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Photo above: Bermuda Premier Michael Dunkley. By Ivan Clifford CMC Correspondent HAMILTON, Bermuda, Mar 16, (CMC) – Hundreds of protesters marched through Hamilton, today, after the powerful Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) and the pressure group, the People’s Campaign, rejected an offer ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 16, (CMC) – The Guyana government says, an Indian-based company has completed design for the construction of the controversial multi-million dollar specialty hospital that is expected to begin by year-end. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, told a news ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 16, (CMC) – A secondary school principal was beaten by two students, on Tuesday, after he allegedly found them gambling in a classroom. Police said, that they had detained the two students – ages 16 ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar 16, (CMC) – The Douglas-Charles Airport re-opened, today, after heavy rains caused the Melville Hall River to flood the ground floor of the terminal building, the Ministry of Public Works and Ports said. It added, based on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 16, (CMC) – The Jamaica government says, it is exploring a public-private partnership for the rehabilitation of the railway service. Transport and Mining Minister, Mike Henry, said, that Jamaica, in adopting a modern-day, integrated multi-modal transport system, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 16, (CMC) – A Norwegian company has been enlisted to review the financial model of the proposed Amaila Falls Hydro-power station, according to an official statement issued here. “A decision was recently made to utilize Norway’s largest ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 16, (CMC) – Lincoln Myers, a former minister in the National Alliance of Reconstruction (NAR) government, under the late ANR Robinson, has died. Myers, who was in his mid-60’s died at his home, last night, ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Mar 16, (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says, evasion is one of the main weaknesses of the tax systems in the region’s economies, accounting for US$320 billion in 2014. ECLAC has ...

Photo above: T&T Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, speaks at the NTAC launch. Photo credit: T&T Government. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 15, (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago, today, launched its National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) with a warning from the labour ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar 15, (CMC) – The Guyana government says, it will sign a US$50 million agreement with India to expand the road network in East Demerara. A statement from the Ministry of Finance said, that Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, ...