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CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, has expressed optimism about plans by the regional airline, LIAT, to streamline operations to cut costs and become more efficient. “The changes do provide a basis for optimism. I think ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has described as “unethical and disingenuous” the decision by some media houses to publish the private medical details of some government officials. The Ministry of Health in a statement said that it wanted ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican health authorities, Tuesday, announced plans to undertake research on the mosquito borne Chikungunya virus. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, said the research is being done in collaboration with health researchers nationally and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Prakash Ramadhar says the party will not leave the coalition people’s partnership government, despite the resignation of some members including its chairman, Nicole Dyer-Griffith. Dyer-Griffith ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar, Friday, named his predecessor, Bharat Jagdeo, to chair the newly formed National Economic Council, which he said would bring greater support to his government in enhancing and accelerating “our transformational and modernization agenda.” ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A senior official of the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) says the country can reap tremendous benefits from the development of the local film industry, including tapping into the trillion-dollar global movie-making market. JAMPRO Vice President for ...

Photo above: A shantytown in Guatemala. UNDP estimates suggest that more than 1.5 million people in the Latin American region will fall into poverty by the end of 2015. Credit: Danilo Valladares/IPS. By Jessica Faieta Guest Writer NEW YORK, New ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia is observing the 36th anniversary of its political independence from Britain, awarding two of its former government leaders the Order of National Hero. The island attained political independence on February 22, 1979 and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Donald Ramotar Monday called on Guyanese of all walks of life to unite for the socio-economic good of the country, as its celebrates 45 years of Republicanism. In a message to mark the occasion, Ramotar, ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Newly elected Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, has pledged to “join forces across the political divide” in an effort to restore unity in St. Kitts-Nevis. Harris, addressing the swearing ceremony of his new Cabinet on ...