BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 30, 2020 — Heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will host a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley, handing over the reins to incoming Chairman, Prime Minister, ...
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Stuart Young, today, described as “carefully orchestrated and pre-planned”, the protests in the eastern part of the capital, following the shooting deaths of three people, by ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Announces New Curfew Hours, Effective June 30
KINGSTON, Jamaica June 30,2020 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has announced new curfew measures for the month of July. Speaking at a virtual press conference at Jamaica House, yesterday, the Prime Minister said the new curfew times will begin at ...
Read More »Grenadians Protest After Black Man Beaten, Allegedly, By White Foreigner Family, Over Death Of A Dog
By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – Police appealed for calm, on Saturday, after hundreds of Grenadians braved the inclement weather, to protest the beating of a Black man, allegedly by members of a ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Justice Minister Issues Second Public Apology Over “Jovial”, But Insensitive Statement
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, has apologised, “unreservedly”, for the inappropriate remarks he made, during a discussion of the issue of sexual harassment, at a sitting of the Joint Select Committee on the Sexual ...
Read More »US Special Purpose Marine Task Force Prepares For Crisis Response Deployment In The Caribbean
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The United States Marines says marines and sailors — assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force–Southern Command (SPMAGTF-SC) — held an opening ceremony, last Friday, at Camp Lejeune, in ...
Read More »Dominica Government Lifts Curfew And State Of Emergency
ROSEAU, Dominica, June 30, 2020 (CMC) – The Dominican government says it will not extend the State of Emergency (SoE) and the curfew that had been in place — as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the ...
Read More »Guyana Elections Commission Chair Opts Out Of Caribbean Court Of Justice Hearing
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, has indicated she will not “actively participate” in the appeal filed at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), last week, by ...
Read More »Calls For Guyana’s President To Concede Are “Most Ridiculous And Nonsensical”, Declares Joseph Harmon
GEORGETOWN, Guyana June 29, 2020 — Calls for President, David Granger, to concede defeat, resulting from the March 2 polls, will not be heeded, as he remains, and will continue to be, the President of Guyana, asserted the APNU+AFC coalition’s ...
Read More »President Affirms Guyana’s Strong Ties With The United States And Western Hemisphere
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 29, 2020 (CMC) – President, David Granger, has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to Western Hemispheric values and to the furtherance of mutual goals and ideals. In a recent interview, the Head of State emphasised that the United States ...
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