Daily Archives: Jan 5, 2017

Antigua Barbuda Labour Party MP Eustace “Teco” Lake is on life support and sources say his condition remains critical, but stable.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jan 5, CMC –Investigations are being conducted into a motor vehicle accident that led to the death of four persons.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 5, CMC – A senior United Nations official and the UN Security Council have joined the international community in congratulating the incoming Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, whose election, the UN says, “completes a repeatedly delayed process that took over a year.”

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 5, CMC – Cuba’s Health Minister Roberto Morales says the island reduced its infant mortality rate to 4.3 per thousand live births last year and the results will be replicated in 2017.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Jan. 5, CMC – Issues related to regional developments and challenges in the field of Education will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of Ministers of Education to be held here.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 5, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued an appeal to the church to support the government in the fight against the rising levels of crime and violence in the country.

Tom Holland, the latest actor to don the "Spider-Man" suit, and "Loving" actress Ruth Negga are among the nominees for this year's EE Rising Star Award, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Thursday.

Independent films, diversity and the tussle between escapism or realism mark Hollywood's 2017 awards season, which swings into high gear on Sunday with the Golden Globes ceremony.

Turkish officials are questioning the presence of U.S.-led coalition forces at an air base in southern Turkey over what they see as insufficient support for Turkey's military operations against Islamic State in Syria.

Senior U.S. intelligence officials will testify in Congress on Thursday on Russia's alleged cyber attacks during the 2016 election campaign, even as President-elect Donald Trump casts doubt on intelligence agencies' findings that Moscow orchestrated the hacks.