THREE ADMITED TO INNER BAR
BARBADOS — Husband and wife team of Supreme Court Registrar Barbara Cooke-Alleyne and Ramon Alleyne, who created history as the first married couple to become Queen’s Counsel, were admitted to …
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CARICOM MOVING TO PHASE OUT INCANDESCENT BULBS BY SEPTEMBER
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 MoreSURINAME IMPLEMENTING VESSEL-MONITORING SYSTEM
GUYANA — 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 MoreGOVERNMENT STILL HOPES TO JOIN THE CCJ
ANTIGUA — 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 MoreST JOHN FOLK URGED TO GIVE BLP A CHANCE
BARBADOS — People in the Democratic Labour Party stronghold of St John have been told to put partyand politics aside and vote person, Barbados Nation reported on May 9. That …
Read MoreDAVID ROSE SPECIAL SCHOOL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
GUYANA — The David Rose Special School which was opened on May 8th, 1968, celebrated 50 years of existence with an anniversary ceremony held at the school at Thomas Lands …
Read MoreCONSTABLE DAVIAN MARTIN IS LASCO TOP COP
JAMAICA — Constable Davian Martin was yesterday named the winner of the Lasco/Jamaica Constabulary Force 2018/19 Police Officer of the Year award at Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, the Jamaica Observer …
Read MorePNP SEEKS TO DELAY NIDS IMPLEMENTATION
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it has filed a motion in the Supreme Court against the Attorney General and the Government, seeking to delay the …
Read MoreSG URGES UNITY AT FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN THE BAHAMAS
(From the CARICOM Secretariat. This was published in the St.Kitts & Nevis Observer on May 7, 2018.) GREATER GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean community foreign ministers were this morning urged to …
Read MoreTRAUMA CONCERNS AS GRANGE HILL STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL
JAMAICA — Despite the inclement weather, students in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, who were forced to abandon classes last week as a result of the violence that impacted their community last Tuesday, …
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