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Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government yesterday rejected a call from the Opposition to suspend completing the debate on the Ganja Bill, to allow Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, to make a contribution. Leader of Opposition Business…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- Health authorities have seized several expired food items and goods they say were being loaded onto a vehicle for sale to consumers in Guyana. The Registrar at the Ministry of Health’s, Pharmacy & Poison…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agriculture ministers will hold talks with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) José Graziano da Silva. Agriculture Minister Alfred…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government has allocated $114 million towards the Transitional Funding Mechanism Project in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The project seeks to…

St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez on Saturday successfully hammered out an agreement covering the acquisition of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC).…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has approved an additional EC$2,025,000/US$750,000 loan for the new Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will be used to…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Department of Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Investigation and Prevention Unit (AAIPU) says “poor decision making” led to the plane crash that killed nine people, including religious leader Dr Myles Munroe…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The police have reported that a man was shot fatally during a confrontation with lawmen and a .45 Berretta with 3 rounds of ammunition recovered in Riverton City, Kingston on Sunday. The dead man has been identified as…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has declared its leadership ticket, naming Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate – the first woman to be nominated to the post – and the…

Roseau, Dominica -- Prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, has condemned a reported coup plot against the president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro. Maduro announced last Thursday that his government had foiled an attempted coup,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- A man in prison custody is now assisting police in Trinidad with details into last year’s murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal. Police investigators have now been given “key information” concerning the details…

Mandeville, Manchester -- Wigton Windfarm Ltd launched a 24MW expansion plant with a ground breaking ceremony close to its existing 38.7MW windfarm complex at Rose Hill in south Manchester. The work on Wigton III will be carried out by…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) says it plans to step up action to prevent the Trinidad and Tobago government giving regulatory support to moves by the British telecommunications giant, Cable and…

St John’s, Antigua -- The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda, meeting on Wednesday, has decided to make an offer to the receivers of the Stanford Development Company (SDC) for the purchase of the Pavilion Restaurant and the seven acres of…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Exxon/Mobil’s Deepwater Champion oil exploration rig has departed from Louisiana to the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, where it is expected to commence drilling in mid-March. According to minister of natural…