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UN team visits Guyana to assess elections preparedness

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The readiness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hold the May 11, general and regional elections is being assessed by the United Nations Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (UNENAM). Head of the…

Jamaica makes top 10 in media freedom worldwide

Paris, France (AFP) -- Media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation…

Group outraged at student’s attack on UWI, Mona campus

Kingston, Jamaica -- The University of the West Indies chapter of Generation 2000 (G2K), the Mona Campus Youth League (MCYL) on Thursday condemned the Tuesday attack of a female student on the campus. It described the attack on the student…

US provides support for oil and gas development in Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- As part of the Guyana government’s preparations for the oil and gas sector, efforts to engage international partners and countries continue. Last week, minister of natural resources and the environment, Robert…

Caribbean Export supports regional services sector

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) facilitated the planning session for the 2015 work programme and annual general meeting of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions last week in Barbados.…

Bookings to Grenada increase for 2015

St George’s, Grenada -- Grenada is expected to have another successful year for tourism arrivals, according to reports from the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s 2015 Caribbean Travel Marketplace held from 28th to 30th January 2015.…

St Lucia rattled by “burst” of earthquakes

Castries, St Lucia, (CMC) -- St Lucia was struck by a “burst” of earthquakes on Monday, but disaster officials said there were no reports of injuries or damages. The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said that it had been…