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Photo above: EOM mission Leader, Janet Bostwick (right), observes polling process in Jamaica. Photo credit: OAS. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 26, (CMC) – The Organization of American States mission (EOM) that observed the Jamaica general elections said, today, that acts of ...

BARBADOS, Caribbean — The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has pointed to an urgent need for broad policy initiatives, including labour market reform and investment in developing the skills of potential workers to move regional economies forward. In a presentation at ...

Photo above is of United Workers Party Leader, Allan Chastanet. Photo credit: UWP. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 26, (CMC) – The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) says, it is concerned over plans by the Electoral Department to remove the names ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Feb 26, (CMC) – The Director General of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Joachim Prey, held talks with Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, this week, on a variety of climate change related projects. “Grenada is ...

By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 26, (CMC) – Five years after he was booted out of office, Andrew Holness, 43, guided his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) back into the corridors of power, promising to lead a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 26, (CMC) – A High Court judge has sentenced a 39-year-old cameraman to 25 years in jail, after he was found guilty of raping his 13-year-old relative. Justice Navendra Singh imposed the sentence on Andre Hetsberg, a ...

Photo above: Guyana President, David Granger (left), and UNASUR Secretary-General, Ernesto Samper. Photo credit: GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 25, (CMC) – Guyana President, David Granger, has been invited to join the South American Defence Council, to speak on the issues of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 25, (CMC) – Andrew Holness led the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) to victory in the general election here on Thursday, reversing the defeat he suffered at the hands of the People’s National Party (PNP) in the 2011 ...

Photo above: Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 25, CMC – Oil exploration activities have intensified, following the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Guyana’s Maritime Zone. Last week, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 25 (CMC) – Jamaicans are voting today for a new government. Opinion polls suggest it could be a tight race between the incumbent People’s National Party (PNP) and the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Bright sunshine ...