KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC — The Islamic State (IS), an Islamist rebel group claiming religious, political and military authority over all Muslims worldwide, has hacked the official website of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government (www.gov.vc), a message appearing ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has been asked to intervene in the current public health sector crisis, that has invoked the wrath of members of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA). President of the United Union ...
Read More »Close To A Thousand Nigerian Girls Freed, Many Malnourished Or Pregnant
By Lisa Vives IPS Correspondent NEW YORK, New York (IPS) — Boko Haram, fleeing to a new hideout, has abandoned hundreds of women and girls in the Sambisa forest, where the high school girls from Chibok were initially taken ...
Read More »Forum Discussing Radical Ways Of Changing Caribbean Fortunes
By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – A three-day forum on the future of the Caribbean began here, on Tuesday, amidst concerns that a new paradigm is needed to take the region forward in ...
Read More »Trinidad Government Moving To Have Opposition Leader Suspended From Parliament
By Peter Richards CMC Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The coalition People’s Partnership government says, it is moving towards having Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Rowley, suspended from the Parliament, after accusing him of providing false information to ...
Read More »Jamaica Maintains Strong Position On Work Permits
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government says, it will be unrelenting in its efforts to ensure that work permits will be issued, based on the guidelines that govern the system. Agriculture, Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier said, ...
Read More »Guyana’s Ruling Party Wants Support From Security Forces At The Ballot Box
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is urging members of the security forces to vote in favour of the incumbent party, after accusing the main coalition alliance, APNU+AFC, of wanting to militarise the electoral process. “The ...
Read More »Guyana Political Parties Urged To Sign And Implement Code Of Conduct
WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) in Guyana has called on all political parties to sign and implement the Code of Conduct. The EOM, last Thursday, expressed concern about the escalation of ...
Read More »US Cancer Institute Signs Agreement To Import Vaccine Developed In Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology and New York’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute, have signed an agreement to export to the United States, a therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer developed here. “The agreement will allow us to ...
Read More »Caribbean Stakes Out “Red Lines” For Paris Climate Talks
By Kenton X. Chance IPS Caribbean Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia (IPS) – When the international climate change talks ended in Peru last December, the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a political and economic union comprising small, developing, climate-vulnerable islands and low-lying ...
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