GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has not abandoned the Jagdeo Initiative on Agriculture, but has been disappointingly slow in its implementation, said regional Ministers of Agriculture on Friday. In 2003, the Jagdeo initiative, named for former President ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica’s Top Cop Urges Support For INDECOM While Stressing The Need To Deal With Crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, is urging law enforcement officials to support the activities of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) even as he stressed the need to continue the high profile action against criminal gangs ...
Read More »Newspaper Ordered To Pay Thousands Of Dollars In Damages To St. Kitts PM
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – The High Court has ordered an opposition aligned newspaper to pay Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas EC$350,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) in damages for defamation. Attorney Sylvester Anthony said that the Prime Minister had ...
Read More »UN Committee Approves Decolonization For Caribbean Territories
UNITED NATIONS, New York CMC – Reiterating its conviction of the need for the eradication of colonialism, the United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) has approved decolonization for a number of Caribbean territories. In concluding its annual consideration ...
Read More »IDB Funds Jamaica’s Public Financial And Performance Management Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) is providing a US$60 million loan to Jamaica to finance the country’s public financial and performance management program. IDB president, Alberto Moreno, and Jamaica’s Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Peter ...
Read More »Guyana Signs Debt Write-off Agreement With Bulgaria
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – A bilateral debt relief agreement was signed, last Saturday, between Guyana and Bulgaria to cancel just over US$2.9M of Guyana’s debt. Last Saturday, Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, signed the agreement, effective from December 31, ...
Read More »Drug Bust Made By British Frigate In The Caribbean
LONDON, England CMC – The British Royal Navy says a warship deployed in the Caribbean seized cannabis and cocaine with a street value of £58 million (US$92 million) in two busts just days apart. On Saturday, the Royal Navy said ...
Read More »Jamaica Launches New Initiative To Enhance Transparency In The Justice System
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has launched its disclosure protocol, which it says will serve to enhance transparency and accountability in the justice system. The protocol deals with the stages, content, exemptions to, ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Approves Rescue And Fire Equipment For International Airport
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Cabinet has approved a contract amounting to US$1.45 million for the manufacture and delivery of one aircraft rescue, a fire-fighting vehicle and other rescue equipment for the Norman Manley International airport. Information Minister, Sandrea Falconer, ...
Read More »Guyana Government Confirms Arrest Of Crew Members By Venezuela Frigate
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government Friday, confirmed that the crew of a vessel conducting a multi-beam survey of the seafloor in the country’s exclusive economic zone had been arrested by Venezuela. A government statement described the incident, which ...
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