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LONDON, England June 12, 2020 (CMC) – Commonwealth governments have rejected a proposal from Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, subsequently supported by others, that the incumbent Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, be given an automatic second four-year term in office. ...

KINGSTOWN, ST. Vincent, June 11, 2020 (CMC) – Incoming Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says he remains satisfied that the 15-member, regional grouping “will not stand by, idly, and watch” the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 11, 2020 (CMC) – Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire accepted an application, by Attorney Anil Nandlall, today, to withdraw the contempt of Court case, filed against the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados confirmed, today, that four of the 110 nationals, who arrived, here, from the United States, yesterday, had tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), but that the island is much better prepared now ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – The Presidential Candidate of the main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Irfaan Ali, met with Police Commissioner, Leslie James, today, as the Party maintains he had won the disputed March 2 regional ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – Representatives of the four opposition political parties, involved in the formation of a coalition government, here, following the May 25 inconclusive general elections, have held talks with a number of organisations, including the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – The main opposition, the People’s National Party (PNP), said it remains “re-energised and united”, following a meeting, on Monday night, to discuss the future of the party, as it prepares for the next ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has defended her apparent silence on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, saying that as the Chair of the 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM, she has to be ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – The ruling coalition — A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) — is accusing the main opposition, the People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C), of “bombarding” the international community ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 10, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government has announced the relaxation of the curfew hours that were put in place, as part of the measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). It said until ...