The unpermitted moves risked the Bluff oyster fishery’s vital biosecurity.
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What Labour’s public transport fare cap reveals about its election strategy – The Front Page
Has Hipkins just given us the first glimpse of Labour’s election strategy?
Timaru Girls’ High School choir goes viral, performance hailed ‘incredible’ by UK pop star behind original song
Singer Paris Paloma liked, commented on, and reposted the students’ video.
ExxonMobil and government still at odds on issues
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 9, CMC – ExxonMobil Tuesday said it had accumulated US$489.5 million as negotiations continue with the Guyana government on a decommissioning fund for the safe removal of equipment and sealing of depleted wells. “Talks are underway between ExxonMobil, Guyana Limited, as well as the government, on what the terms and conditions of that […]
Trinidad: Special reserve police officer charged with forgery of CXC certificates
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 9, CMC – A Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer will appear in court on Wednesday charged with forgery and misbehaviour in public office, after she submitted copies of certificates obtained from the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). A police statement said that WPC Lauren Thomas has also been charged with […]
Guyana: High number of children getting pregnant in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 9, CMC – Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, says nearly 600 children under the age of 16 had been referred to the Child Care and Protection Agency between 2020 and 2025 after they became pregnant. Dr. Prasad told the National Assembly that the records of the agency […]
Belize: NHI distances itself from the murder of young doctor
BELMOPAN, Belize, Jun 9, CMC – The National Health Insurance (NHI) has sought to distance itself from the murder of Dr. Naun Bonilla and the subsequent arrest of two suspects, saying any attempt to do so “is inaccurate, unfounded, and misleading”. In a statement, the NHI said it is aware media houses and social media […]
New report examines violence in the Caribbean
By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 9, CMC -More than a decade after it warned that the Caribbean had some of the highest homicide rates in the world, particularly in countries as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released a new report highlighting a disconnect between security policies […]
Reggae Girlz held to goalless draw by Panama
PANAMA CITY, Panama, Jun 9, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz wasted several good opportunities to score and were held to a goalless draw by Panama in the second of two international friendlies here at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez Gutiérrez Stadium on Tuesday. Jamaica won the opening friendly 1-0 on Friday at the same venue and should have […]
Great Britain: New Powers To Crack Down On Hostile Foreign State Organisations
The UK will be better protected from hostile activity by foreign states with new powers to crack down on individuals, organisations and proxy groups acting on their behalf, under landmark new legislation introduced to Parliament today (9 June). The government is delivering on its promise to fast-track legislation after the recent wave of alarming antisemitic […]