PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) breached its contract, in disconnecting a customer’s internet service because of his use of Vonage, an internet ...
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KINGSTON Jamaica CMC – A police officer, who was shot and killed by gunmen as she rode a bus to her home last week, graduated with an Associate of Science Degree in Business Administration, when the University College of the ...
Read More »Guyana Will Resist Venezuela’s Identification Cards In Essequibo
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it will resist any plans by Venezuela to issue residents in Essequibo with identification cards, as the war of words linked to the territorial dispute between the two countries continued unabated. “We will stoutly ...
Read More »Election Debates Will Go Ahead In August, Says T&T Debates Commission
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC) says it will host two debates in August with or without Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. But Larry Lalla, the attorney representing Prime Minister Persad Bissessar, has ...
Read More »T&T Police Extend Investigation Into “Alleged Marijuana Find” At PM’s Private Residence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Police say they have extended, by two weeks, an investigation into the alleged discovery of marijuana at the private residence of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, two years ago. “I have given a clear ...
Read More »German Development Cooperation Piggybacks Onto Africa’s E-Boom
Photo above: During re:publica 2015, Juliet Wanyiri (centre), illustrates a practical workshop organised by Foondi*, of which she is founder and CEO. Photo credit: re:publica/Jan Zappner. By Francesca Dziadek IPS Correspondent BERLIN, Germany (IPS) — In a major paradigm shift, ...
Read More »Caribbean Fights To Protect High-Value, Declining Fish Species
Photo above: The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) working group discusses proposals to implement minimum standards for the capture of exploited species in November 2014, Panama City. Photo credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS. By Zadie Neufville IPS Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica (IPS) — Threats ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains Inscribed To UNESCO’s Prestigious World Heritage List
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s world renowned Blue and John Crow Mountains have now been inscribed to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The announcement was made on Friday during UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany. The inscription represents the ...
Read More »Caribbean Leaders End “Successful And Productive” Summit
By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended a three-day summit here on Saturday night warning Venezuela that its action regarding the border dispute with Guyana could “poison relations” with the regional integration grouping and ...
Read More »Black Women In The Americas Launch Decade Of Struggle
Photo above: The June 26 opening of the first Summit of Women Leaders of African Descent of the Americas Américas, when ended two days later in Managua with a declaration outlining the next decade of struggle for their rights. Photo ...
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