ROSEAU, Dominica, Feb 18, 2016 (CMC) – The Lovely Professional University in Punjab, India, will bestow an honorary degree on Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, next week, when he addresses the university’s commencement ceremony. A statement from the Office ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica Media House Cancels News Forum With Political Parties
Photo above: Andrew Holness and Portia Simpson Miller (forefront). KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 18, 2016 (CMC) – Hours after announcing that the main political parties had been invited to participate in a political forum, the RJR Communications Group, late today, said ...
Read More »Guyana’s Tallest Flag Pole Erected At Durban Park
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 18, 2016 (GINA) — As citizens prepare to celebrate the 46th anniversary of Guyana being a Cooperative Republic, plans are underway to hold flag raising ceremonies across the country. In Georgetown, the once swampy and bushy Durban ...
Read More »Guyana’s Ambassador To Venezuela Accredited
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb. 18, CMC – Several months after being appointed Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Cheryl Miles was accredited on Wednesday. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, who made the announcement today, said Miles presented her credentials to Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela’s ...
Read More »Antigua’s Attorney General Dismisses Opposition Claims CIP Operations Illegal
Photo above: Antigua’s Opposition Leader and former Finance Minister, Harold Lovell ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Attorney General, Steadroy Benjamin, has dismissed suggestions, by former Finance Minister, Harold Lovell, that all transactions under the Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) since September ...
Read More »CARICOM Secretary-General Gets Second Term
PLACENCIA, Belize (CMC) – Caribbean leaders have agreed to a new five-year term for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Irwin La Rocque, Belize Prime Minister, Dean Barrow, announced on Wednesday. Barrow, the in-coming CARICOM chairman, said that the leaders of ...
Read More »New Port-Of-Spain Mayor Sworn Into Office
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Keron Valentine became the youngest ever Mayor of Port of Spain, on Wednesday, after he was sworn in, less than 24 hours following the resignation of Raymond Tim Kee, on Tuesday. Valentine, 31, said, ...
Read More »CARICOM Leaders Adopt Position On Zika Virus
PLACENCIA, Belize (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have endorsed a course of action to deal with the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus and other diseases, CARICOM Chairman, Dean Barrow, said Wednesday. Barrow, the Prime Minister of Belize, said, ...
Read More »Jamaica Opposition Leader Refuses To Apologise; Now Targets Finance Minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The leader of the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Andrew Holness, has refused to apologise to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, over statements he allegedly made during the campaign for the February 25 general elections. Prime ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Ruling Party Launches Election Manifesto
Photo above: PNP Party Leader, Portia Simpson Miller. Photo courtesy of the PNP. KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Yesterday, Jamaica’s ruling People’s National Party (PNP) launched its manifesto, ahead of the February 25 general election, promising jobs for young people, to implement ...
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