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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC), says Guyana was the lead producer of sugar in the region up to the end of June. According to the SAC, the year-to-date figure for sugar production is 499,272 tons. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) has been awarded US$ one million by the Inter-America Development Bank (IDB) to execute several projects over the next two years geared towards increasing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has received the report from the Board of Inquiry set up to probe the May 23 unrest at the New Amsterdam Prison during which four prisoners were seriously chopped. During ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The controversy surrounding a sex-education programme in six children’s homes has led to another casualty with the resignation of Kay Osborne, the Executive Director of local human rights watchdog, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ). Osborne, in a ...

By Desmond Brown Caribbean Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, (IPS) – As unpredictable weather patterns impact water availability and quality in St. Lucia, the Caribbean island is moving to build resilience to climate-related stresses in its water sector. Dr. Paulette Bynoe, a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Three members of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) Saturday urged caution regarding the country’s preparedness for Local government elections. In a joint statement, the three GECOM Commissioners – Mohamood Shaw, Dr. Keshav Mangal and Athmaram Mangar ...

By Desmond Brown Caribbean Correspondent ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, (IPS) – Marine environmentalist Eli Fuller, who for the past two decades has been exploring the coastline of Antigua and Barbuda, warns that while there has been “dramatic changes” to coral reefs ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s fourth head of state, Sir Howard Cooke, has died, He was 98. Sir Howard, who died on Friday, was regarded as one of the pioneers in Jamaica’s political movement and who also played a role ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A cancer stricken businessman, shot and killed his wife before committing suicide near the Shore of Peace cremation site at Mosquito Creek, south of here on Friday. Relatives said that 58-year-old Donald Ragoo had ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – National Security Minister, Victor La Corbiniere has denied ‘rumours’ that members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), have submitted a report on their investigation into alleged extra-judicial killings by members of the Royal Saint Lucia ...