NEWS · Aug 17
US revokes thousands of visas amid establishment of task force to end ‘birth tourism’
WASHINGTON, Aug 17, CMC – The United States government says it has revoked over 175,000 visas to foreign nationals as the Donald…
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NEWS · Aug 17
Government to launch online counselling platform for MV Barima affected families
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 17, CMC -The Guyana government is to launch a national online counselling platform, as part of an expanded, long-term…
NEWS · Aug 17
Power outages blamed on demand surge, El Niño
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug. 17, CMC – Power outages affecting the town of Linden – the second largest in the country, have been…
NEWS · Aug 16
President to launch mentorship programme for youth in September
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug. 16, CMC – President Jeffrey Bostic says the Chapman Challenge initiative will be officially launched on September 23. In a…
NEWS · Aug 16
Cuban national pleads guilty for role in international ‘alien smuggling’, money laundering conspiracy
TAMPA, Aug. 16, CMC – A 31-year-old Cuban national has pleaded guilty to migrant smuggling, asylum fraud and money laundering charges in…
NEWS · Aug 16
IDB strengthens Belize’s hurricane resilience with first ‘catastrophe swap’
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Belize will have faster access to emergency financing following major hurricanes…
NEWS · Aug 16
Scholarship to be established to honour late track and field coach
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 16, CMC – The government has announced plans to establish a scholarship for a student-athlete at the University of…
NEWS · Aug 16
Government denies agreeing to amnesty on outstanding water bills
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, Aug. 16, CMC – The government of this British Overseas territory has denied that it promised an amnesty…
NEWS · Aug 15
Efforts underway to boost power supply as El Niño drives record electricity demand
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 15, CMC – The Government is taking a series of measures to strengthen electricity supply as unusually high temperatures…
NEWS · Aug 15
Gov’t explores limited desalination projects amid water stress, rules out nationwide rollout
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 15, CMC – Government is conducting feasibility studies on potential desalination projects in St Thomas and Clarendon as it…