BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Friday May 22, 2015 – Youth unemployment rates in the Caribbean are among the highest in the world, a study by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has found. And it has proposed a multi-pronged approach to cutting those numbers. The study, “Youth are...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The main Opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) maintaining that the May 11 regional and general elections had been flawed, says it plans to embark on country-wide protest action. In a statement, the party is also claiming that the international observers, who...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Thursday May 21, 2015 – The minority opposition Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) is advising the Dr Kenny Anthony administration to scrap its Economic Citizenship Programme plan in light of what it said were recent national security breaches. The call came against the background...
[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption] ROSEMARY Duncan, coordinator of the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee, says the incarcerated reggae artiste was "pressured into an agreement" to drop any further appeals. Buju Banton (given name Mark Myrie) is currently serving a mandatory 10-year sentence in a Georgia...
Multiple Grammy award-winner Beyonce has paid a visit to Haiti to look at the progress made since the massive earthquake shattered the French-speaking Caribbean country five years ago. On Saturday, Haiti UN mission spokeswoman Sophie Boutaud de la Combe said that the American superstar was also...