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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, Friday, named November 4 as the date for the by-election in St. Joseph, minutes after Speaker Wade Mark had indicated that the seat had become vacant. Mark had earlier ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada GIS – The Government of Grenada says that after consultation, it has been decided that, what is referred to as the “free barrel program,” will be discontinued this year. Minister of Finance and Prime Minister, Dr. Keith ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday, approved a disbursement of US$30.6 million for Jamaica after completing the first review of the island’s performance under a multi-million dollar economic program. The IMF earlier this year approved a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has welcomed the country’s first credit information bureau, describing it as a significant and important milestone in the development of the financial sector. Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, speaking at the launch of the ...

NEW YORK, New York CMC – A Caribbean American legislator Tuesday expressed outrage over the first shutdown of the United States government in 17 years. “I am appalled that extremist, tea-party Republican politicians in Washington, D.C. are preparing to shut ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana authorities were investigating the circumstances that led to the death of four Brazilian nationals after a mining pit collapsed at Arau Village over the weekend. Natural Resources and Environment Minister, Robert Persaud, said he was ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government says more than 50 people have been charged under the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions) (Special Provisions) Act, which was passed in Parliament less than six months ago. National Security Minister, Peter Bunting, described ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Audley Shaw, the opposition Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) spokesman on Finance, has declared that he is the right man to lead the 70-year-old political party to victory in the next general election. On Sunday, the former ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Trinidad and Tobago has accused a senior opposition legislator of creating a “diplomatic mess with far-reaching negative repercussions for our country” as the fallout continues from the decision to terminate all contracts with a ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York CMC – A Haitian American architect has been declared the winner of an international competition to design a memorial that will be permanently on display at United Nations Headquarters in New York to honor victims of ...