PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 22, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police have launched an investigation after a newborn baby girl was found in a cardboard box at the side of a roadway in South Oropouche on Thursday. Police said that at about 12:15 p.m., a 23-year-old Spanish national of St Mary’s Village, South Oropouche, […]

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 22, CMC — Guyana’s candidate for United Nations secretary-general, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, has taken the lead in the second informal Security Council straw poll, receiving the highest number of “encourage” votes. A straw poll is an informal, non-binding […]

NEW YORK, Aug 22, CMC – The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) on Saturday opens “Journey of a Soca King: The Exhibition”, celebrating the life and career of acclaimed Trinidadian Soca Superstar Machel Montano. Opening at the Central Library in Brooklyn and created by the Machel Montano Foundation for Greatness, BPL said the exhibition is accompanied […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 22, CMC — The Jamaican Government plans to invest US$50 million over the next 18 months to improve water services and other critical infrastructure in rural communities, Water, Environment and Climate Change Minister Matthew Samuda has announced. Samuda said the investment comprises US$35 million from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and US$15 […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 22, CMC – Acting Comptroller of Customs, Sonea Anita Jordan, has been charged with failing to disclose a conflict of interest and misconduct in public office. Acting Comptroller of Customs, Sonea Anita Jordan. The Barbados Police Service said its Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and Anti-Corruption and Anti-Terrorism Unit (ACAT) arrested and […]

by Lennox Aldred NORTH SOUND, Antigua, Aug 22, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda Falcons defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders by five wickets in the 14th match of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Saturday. Scores: KNIGHT RIDERS 165-6 in 20 overs (Colin Munro 46, Nicholas Pooran 43, Sunil Narine 19 […]