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by STAFF WRITER May 10, 2022 DUBAI, May 10, CMC – Deandra Dottin played a supporting role to help Barmy Army win, and fellow West Indies Women’s all-rounder Hayley Matthews played a background role and Warriors lost in the latest matches in the FairBreak Invitational Women’s Twenty20 on Tuesday. Dottin turned in a tidy all-round performance…
by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 12, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has told Grenadians to await a major announcement on Saturday amid speculation that he will announce the date for the next general election that is constitutionally due by June next year, but widely expected to be held this…
by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 12, CMC – Former deputy prime minister, Shawn Richards, was sacked by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, while he was overseas attending a funeral earlier this week. Richards told reporters at the Robert L Bradshaw International Airport that after Prime Minister Harris made his national broadcast…
by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 NASSAU, Bahamas, May 12, CMC – The Bahamas government has confirmed that the autopsies have been completed on the bodies of three American tourists who were found dead at Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Exuma last week. But Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the findings have not been released…
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by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 NASSAU, Bahamas, May 12, CMC – The Bahamas government says it has entered into a US$100 million agreement with the US-based Electra America Hospitality Group for the purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Aviation and Investments Chester Cooper, described the initiative as “the…
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by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 12, CMC – The St. Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says it is collaborating with the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator (CCSA) in hosting a virtual investor forum next week. “This high-level presentation and discussion will highlight the climate-smart, investment-ready projects in the Eastern Caribbean…
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by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 BELMOPAN, Belize, May 12, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are expected to meet on Thursday to decide on a possible final position as to whether they will attend the Summit of the Americas to be held in the United States next month. CARICOM chairman and Belize Prime Minister, John…
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by STAFF WRITER May 12, 2022 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 12, CMC – Guyana has welcomed the establishment of a US$40 million company, Pipe Coating Guyana (PCG) Inc. that it says will tap into the oil and gas industry and create at least 450 jobs. The company is a joint venture between a local concern and two…
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By By Zadie Neufville Kingston, Jamaica, Apr 26 2022 (IPS) – It will take billions of dollars and many years to fix a growing problem that has placed Jamaica into the unlikely bracket of being among the world’s most water-scarce countries due to the unavailability of potable water. The worsening water crisis of the Kingston and St…
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BY JAMES CRAWFORD-SMITH Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, face a series of objections as they begin a tour of the Caribbean islands this week, with renewed calls for slavery reparations. The royals’ tour, celebrating the queen’s Platinum Jubilee, follows Prince William and Kate Middleton‘s tour of Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas…
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