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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana and Barbados are to finalize a joint fisheries agreement. “There was an agreement that was signed in 2003 that included a paragraph on us meeting and finalizing a joint fishery licences agreement…what happens here is ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – After registering “disappointing growth” in 2012, Trinidad and Tobago is poised for a modest recovery in 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. In a statement, the Washington said the economy is reviving and that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government says it is seeking to establish a fee structure for issuing CARICOM Skills Certificates in keeping with the amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, which seeks to broaden the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has given the green light for the establishment of a SWAT Unit within the Guyana Police Force (GPF). A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs noted that with a SWAT Unit, the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico CMC – The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has warned about increased drug trafficking in the Caribbean, saying that more cocaine is being smuggled into the United States after passing through the region. The DEA ...

MIAMI, Florida CMC – The United States Southern Command, which oversees US military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, says a US-contracted detection and monitoring aircraft has crashed into the Caribbean Sea, killing four of its six crewmembers. The ...

By Kenton Chance Guyana Correspondent  GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana’s Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has criticized the world’s rich countries over their failure to transfer to developing nations the technology needed to fast track their development. Ramsammy said their ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says seasonal influenza affects many thousands of people in the Caribbean annually as residents in several Caribbean countries fear the outbreak of the deadly Bird Flu that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government says it will avoid seeking funding from the capital markets for as long as is possible, as it continues to exercise strict fiscal management. “It’s a situation that we keep under review…we are ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is celebrating the 21st anniversary of its victory at the polls saying Guyana had advanced significantly under its stewardship. “Even though it has been 47 years since we became independent, ...