Photo above: Barbados Finance Minister, Chris Sinckler. Photo credit: CARICOM. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 1, (CMC) – The Barbados government, today, said, it would provide financial support to help find a solution to the problems confronting the British American Insurance Company Barbados ...
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Photo above is of T&T Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley. Photo credit: TT government. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 1, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government, today, acknowledged that the level of crime in the country is “unacceptable”, as it ...
Read More »Former Jamaica Prime Minister Says Holness Should Be Free To Form Cabinet
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 1, (CMC) – Former prime minister, Bruce Golding, says, Andrew Holness should be free to form his own cabinet, and dismissed speculation that the one-seat majority for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) could spell disaster for the ...
Read More »JAMAICA ELECTION: JLP Moves Closer To Claiming Government Officially
Photo above: Jamaica PM-designate, Andrew Holness, says, he’s “fit and ready” to govern. View his original Tweet below. KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 1, (CMC) – Andrew Holness moved a step closer to being sworn in as prime minister, later this week, ...
Read More »Former West Indies Cricket CEO To Contest Seat In St. Lucia General Elections
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 29, (CMC) – Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dr. Ernest Hilaire, is likely to contest general elections on behalf of ruling St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP), well-placed sources have ...
Read More »CARICOM Official Warns That Violence Threatens Gains Made By Region
Photo above: CARICOM Deputy Secretary General, Dr. Manorma Soeknandan. Photo credit: CARICOM. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 29, (CMC) – A two-day regional forum on “Youth Crime and Violence” began here, on Monday, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders to examine challenges ...
Read More »T&T Prison Officer Shot And Killed
Photo above is of Prison Officer, Fitz Victor. Photo credit: CMC file photo. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 29, (CMC) – A 32-year-old prison officer was shot and killed as he washed his car in the volatile Laventille area, along the ...
Read More »Re-counting Of Ballots Near Completion, Governor General To Be Informed On Wednesday
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 29, (CMC) – The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) Monday, said, it had competed all but one of the recounting of ballots in the 63 constituencies, following last Thursday’s general election. EOJ Director of Elections, Orrette Fisher, ...
Read More »Guyanese Businesswoman Appears In Court On Human Trafficking Charges
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 29, (CMC) – A 43-year-old businesswoman has been released on GUY$650,000 (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004 cents) bail, on Monday, after she appeared in court, accused of trafficking her niece, nearly two years ago. Joyce Lawrence is alleged ...
Read More »Jamaica Transport Minister Collapses; Rushed To Hospital
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 29, (CMC) – Transport and Works Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, is “now resting” after he was rushed to hospital, today, after collapsing. A release from the Ministry of Transport said, that the People’s National Party Member of ...
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