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Daily Archives: Oct 10, 2018

Grenada calls for referendum monitors

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Oct 10, CMC – The Parliament Elections Office (PEO) Wednesday called for persons to be appointed as monitors as Grenadians get ready to vote in a national referendum next month to determine whether or not to replace the London-based Privy Council as the island’s highest court.

Opposition Leader wins defamation lawsuit against her former cabinet colleague

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 10, CMC – A High Court Wednesday ruled in favour of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar, in her defamation lawsuit against the Sunshine Publishing Company Limited owned by Austin Jack Warner, who once served as a senior minister in her coalition People’s Partnership government.

Swiss top court knocks down bid to extend banking secrecy

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that prosecutors cannot extend Swiss banking secrecy rules to all corners of the globe to pursue whistleblowers and other leakers at foreign subsidiaries.

U.S. raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump increased pressure on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to provide information on what happened to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said he wanted to get the bottom of what he called “a very serious situation.”

South Korea says Pompeo complained about inter-Korean military pact

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed “discontent” with an inter-Korean military pact reached during last month’s summit, South Korea’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, in a rare disclosure of signs of disagreement with its U.S. ally.

Police not giving up on human trafficking case

Fifteen human trafficking related charges have been reinstated against popular nightclub operator Cheryl Thompson. This comes about a month after Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh dismissed...

Education Ministry awaiting PMS stabbing report

The Ministry of Education is awaiting a report on the stabbing incident at the Princess Margaret School that left one teen hospitalised with a...

Stigma still a deterrent to people seeking help for mental illness

The stigma associated with mental illness is still a major barrier to people seeking treatment, this is according to a public health official assigned...

McGregor suspended from UFC on medical grounds

Conor McGregor has been suspended for a month on medical grounds after his UFC 229 defeat by Khabib Nurmagomedov. McGregor was beaten in Las Vegas...

Over two dozen fans installed at AGHS

More than 30 ceiling fans were installed at the Antigua Girls High School over the weekend as the Ministry of Education and the Board...
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