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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana authorities say they have launched a crackdown on illegal mining in the country and also warned licence holders of their obligations under the existing laws. The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) said it recently ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The personal representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, Norman Girvan, says he is pleased with the outcome of talks following Venezuela’s seizure of a vessel in disputed waters. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica parliament has approved legislation that places a higher limit on cash transactions with financial institutions as the authorities move to deal with the proceeds of crime. Parliament agreed to the Proceeds of Crime (POCA) ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica produced more cocoa during the period 2011-12 as compared to the same period the previous year, according to figures released by the Cocoa Industry Board (CIB). It said that an estimated 476.5 metric tons of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – The Australian-based Walk Free Foundation has listed Haiti as the second country, globally, engaged in modern day slavery. The Global Slavery Index 2013 is defined by the Walk Free Foundation as the “possession or control of ...

By Nelson A. King Caribbean Correspondent  LONDON, England CMC – The London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has joined a chorus of condemnation and calls for the Dominican Republic to retract a Constitutional Court ruling that primarily strips Dominicans of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The European Union (EU) is providing Jamaica with J$52 million (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) to implement three projects focusing on the rehabilitation of inmates in the correctional system including juveniles, and addressing legal and ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that a ruling by the Constitutional Court in the Dominican Republic depriving Dominican-born persons of Haitian descent of their right to citizenship, could have a “devastating ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Attorney, Dorothy Pine-McLarty, has been appointed Chair person of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) replacing Dr. Herbert Thompson who resigned last month after the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) protested his decision to accept, ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC – Several areas for technical cooperation between Argentina and St. Vincent and the Grenadines were identified when Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, paid a five-day visit to that South American nation earlier this month. The Office ...