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Daily Archives: May 8, 2017

JAMAICA-POLITICS – Opposition party congratulates French president elect

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 8, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has congratulated the president elect of France Emmanuel Macron following the...

JAMAICA-AGRICULTURE – Government leases land to Red Stripe for cassava cultivation

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 8, CMC. – The government has signed a 25 year agreement with brewery giant Red Stripe for the lease of 247...

UNITED STATES-POLITICS – Haitian American legislator says US Republican healthcare bill is ‘heartless, irresponsible’

NEW YORK, May 8, CMC – A Haitian American legislator here says the passage of a healthcare bill by the United States House of...

ST. VINCENT-POLITICS-Opposition continues to push for accountability on airport project

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 8, CMC – Leader of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), Godwin Friday has written to Prime Minister Ralph...

Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean over weekend: survivors

More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean over the weekend, according to testimony from survivors, and several bodies, including...

Exclusive: Barrick faces sanctions for Argentina cyanide spills, judge says

Barrick Gold Corp failed to complete improvements to the Veladero mine in Argentina that could have prevented the third spill of cyanide solution in...

Presidential hopefuls spar over economy as Trump turns screws on Iran

President Hassan Rouhani's trip to the coal mine in northern Iran was all going to plan, until the crowd massed in front of his...

Ex-Obama administration officials to testify in Trump-Russia probe

Two officials in former President Barack Obama's administration will testify on Monday in a Senate investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016...

Macron wins French presidency, to European allies' relief

Emmanuel Macron was elected French president on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened...

Call for Antigua & Barbuda to lower the speed limit

The head of the Traffic Department, Superintendent Leonard Cabral, is in support of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), which has called for Caribbean countries to legislate lower speed limits.
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