CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has welcomed the EC$25 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) meat processing facility here, a joint venture involving a Jamaican based company. “Many do not understand that a country largely ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) says it remains optimistic that the set target of 227,000 tonnes of sugar for this year could be achieved urging workers to remain on the jobs and see the 2015 crop ...
Read More »Political Parties Differ On Job Creation As Jamaicans Await Date For Possible Early Poll
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jamaica’s two main political parties traded words with each other over the issue of improving the employment situation as the country awaits the announcement of a possible date for fresh general elections. Finance Minister Dr. Peter ...
Read More »Jamaican Woman Jailed For Causing Death Of Man
NEWARK, New Jersey (CMC) – A Jamaican woman, who acknowledged that she was neither a trained doctor nor licensed to administer an injection, was jailed for five years, after she caused a man’s death by injecting silicone into his penis. ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Appoints Working Group To Help Deal With Crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Jamaica government says, it is establishing a working group to policies to help deal with the escalating crime situation in the country. “This working group will be similar to the EPOC and ECET teams which ...
Read More »St. Lucia Police Discover Decomposing Body Of Man Who Died Trying To Save His Cow
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – Police are investigating the discovery of a decomposing body of a man in his 30s, that was floating in the sea, near Cul de Sac, two miles west of here, late last Saturday. The police ...
Read More »Woman Dies After Truck Plunges Into Demerara River In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – A woman died, early last Sunday, when the truck, on which she was traveling, plunged into the Demerara River. The police report that Gangaday Persaud, 22, was heading to the Plaisance Market with her partner, Ravi, ...
Read More »Caribbean To Launch Hospitality And Investment Guide
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says, the first ever Caribbean Tourism and Hospitality Investment Guide, targeted at international investors, will be launched in Puerto Rico next week. The guide has been produced by CTO in ...
Read More »St. Lucia Plunged Into Darkness
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that the island was plunged into total darkness during the early hours of Monday due to lightning striking its facility at Vieux-Fort south of here. In a ...
Read More »Hummingbird Air Cancels All Flights Until Further Notice
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Hummingbird Air, a small regional carrier, has canceled all flights following an incident in St. Lucia, early last Sunday. A release from the US Virgin Islands based airline stated that the incident involved one of the ...
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