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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The recent spate of blackouts in communities located in East Coast and East Bank of Demerara has been attributed to network related problems caused by the elevated level of lightning activity in recent weeks. Chief Executive ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Agricultural stakeholders, here, are questioning a move that 10,000 acres of land will be made available in Guyana under the terms of a new facility to be administered by the Ministry of Food Production ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica is recording a shortfall in sugar production this year and government is appealing to stakeholders to ensure the country meets its full quota to overseas markets including those in the European Union (EU). Agriculture and ...

NEW YORK, New York CMC – A Federal judge has extended the detention of Dino Bouterse, the son of Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse, who was arrested in Panama last month on charges of drug trafficking and possession of illegal weapons. ...

By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – On Monday, Finance Minister Larry Howai presented a TT$61.3 billion (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) budget to Parliament, outlining new tax measures and a host of incentives to ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – Canada will continue to work closely with St. Lucia to increase its economic prosperity, and generally improve security and strengthen cooperation. That assurance came, during the weekend, from High Commissioner designate, Richard Hanley, when he ...

By Jim Lobe IPS Washington Bureau Chief With President Barack Obama facing increasingly certain defeat in his quest for Congressional authorization to carry out military strikes against Syria, the Russian government, on Monday, appeared to offer the White House a ...

By Nelson A. King Caribbean Correspondent  WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – Even as Caribbean governments have put forth a number of initiatives aimed at providing young people with basic skills and opportunities to find gainful work, much more still needs to ...

By Ahmed Osman Somalia Correspondent MOGADISHU, Somalia (IPS) – Somali clan leaders say that an Aug. 27 agreement between the government and only a few leaders from the country’s three southern Jubba regions, which aims to resolve the ongoing dispute ...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago CMC – President Anthony Carmona has bestowed Trinidad and Tobago’s highest national award on Chief Justice Ivor Archie as the country prepares to celebrate its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain on Saturday. Justice Archie was awarded ...