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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are expected to complete the phasing out of the use of incandescent bulbs by September this year, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced …
Read MoreGUYANA — A fishing-vessel monitoring system is being implemented in Suriname in the aftermath of the recent pirate attack on 20 Guyanese fishermen, as that country grapples to regulate its …
Read MoreANTIGUA — The government has not totally abandoned the campaign to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Antigua and Barbuda’s final court of appeal, replacing the London-based Privy Council, …
Read MoreNASSAU — While the government has pulled its subvention from Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, which was relaunched privately this year as “Bahamas Carnival”, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard …
Read MoreNASSAU — The government has approved more than 100 applications for citizenship since the Citizenship Committee was formed in February and is on pace, if the rate is sustained, to …
Read MoreNASSAU — Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ officials, in response to Potter’s Cay Vendors Association on renovation plans, have dismissed the notion that nothing’s been done to renovate Potter’s …
Read MoreNASSAU — A foreign expert who will be contracted by Bahamas Power and Light to gauge its electrical service system for potential instabilities will arrive in the country next month, according to BPL chairwoman Darnell …
Read MoreNASSAU — The Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (BALS) has joined the growing list of professional services groups that are concerned with The Bahamas’ accession to the World Trade Organization …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas — The Hon. Darren A. Henfield, Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs, has described his selection as incoming Chairman of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) as …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON,D.C. — The Bahamas National Spelling Bee Committee (BNSBC) missed a golden opportunity to enter two contestants from The Bahamas in the 91st annual Scripps National Spelling Bee …
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