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Photo above: Vanessa Tamara Gibson-Marks (ICW file photo). KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 25, (CMC) — Former registrar of the High Court, Vanessa Tamara Gibson-Marks, has been barred from practicing law in the Eastern Caribbean. Gibson-Marks was, on October 14, 2014, fined ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 25, CMC – A former Sergeant with the Guyana Police Force, Colin Bailey, appeared in court here, Wednesday, to answer to charges for the alleged murder of his common-law wife, Surmattie “Savita’ Ramnaress, almost three years ago. ...

Photo above: The image of U.S. President, Barack Obama, on a TV screen in Havana, announcing the restoration of diplomatic ties with Cuba, on December 17, 2014. Now Obama can be seen in person by the people of Havana, when ...

Photo above is of Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne. ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Feb 24, (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has reiterated the need for there to be a non-partisan approach, ahead of a proposed national referendum on ...

By Ernie Seon CMC Caribbean Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 24, (CMC) – Today, the French government denied that it had boycotted celebrations marking St. Lucia’s 37th year of political independence from Britain, saying, that it cherishes the relationship between ...

By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 24, (CMC) – Jamaicans go to the polls, tomorrow, to elect a new government – the outcome of which could determine the political future of either of the two main party ...

Photo above: St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. By Kenton Chance CMC Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Feb 23, (CMC) – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has announced tax increases, as it presented the ...

Photo above: Four of the Board Members of the Keith Mitchell Foundation. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Feb. 23, (CMC) – Health and education will be the areas of focus for the newly launched Keith Mitchell Foundation. Named in honour of Prime Minister, Dr. Keith ...

Photo above is of Danville Walker, former Director of Elections in Jamaica, and who is now the Managing Director of the Jamaica Observer newspaper. Photo courtesy of the Jamaica Observer newspaper. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb 23, (CMC) – As Jamaica’s two ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 23, CMC – Guyana is celebrating its 46th anniversary as a Republic, today, with the country’s President, David Granger, acknowledging that the declaration of republic status was “an audacious and ambitious political decision”. In a message to ...