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Jamaicans Head to the Polls Today

Staff Consortium | September 03, 2020

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nearly two million Jamaicans are eligible to cast ballots for a new government on Thursday with the two major political parties – the ruling Jamaica labour Party (JLP) and the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) – equally confident of winning, even though opinion polls support a victory for Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s JLP. “As Prime Minister of Jamaica and leader of the stronger team, I have never taken for granted the trust and confidence invested in us by Jamaica,” Holness, 48, has said on the eve of the polls, adding “after four years, while there is more to be done, we are proud to report that we have been moving Jamaica in the right direction”. But Dr. Peter Phillips, 70, the former finance minister, who is leading the PNP into the election for the first time, is confident that the party will reverse…

U.S. Attorneys General Continue Effort to Protect…

Staff Consortium | August 31, 2020

NEW YORK,  CMC – New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is co-leading a coalition of 17 attorneys…

Kamala Harris, a Caribbean-American, Accepts U.S.…

Staff Consortium | August 20, 2020

WASHINGTON,  CMC – Caribbean American Senator Kamala Harris on Wednesday night accepted the US Democratic…

Fake Cops Rob Jamaican Fishermen of Over $26,000 USD

Staff Consortium | August 20, 2020

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The police in the central parish of Clarendon are investigating an incident…

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Haiti Records a New Coronavirus Case Every 7 Minutes

Staff Consortium | June 11, 2020

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti records on average one new case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) every 7 minutes as the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country recorded nearly 500 case...