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Transpower pylon collapse: High Court hears call for class action after Northland power outage
The court heard losses from the outage were estimated at $37.5m to $80m.
Te Kira Lawrence, Stuart Nash’s replacement as NZ First’s Napier candidate, has ‘some sympathy’ for him
Te Kira Lawrence says she gets on well with Nimon and wants a debate about cost of living.
Jamaica: Police investigating murder of 10 year-old school child
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 22, CMC – Jamaica police are investigating the gruesome murder of a 10-year-old school child, whose partially nude body was found with her throat slashed on a dirt track in bushes in Tyre district near Troy, Trelawny, northwest of here on Tuesday night. Shanai Coke (Jamaica Observer photo) The authorities have identified […]
St. Vincent: Government minister lays COVID-19 vaccine blame on former prime minister
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Jul 22, CMC – Health Minister Daniel Cummings has rejected the long circulated claim that the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache, was responsible for the controversial COVID19 vaccine mandate that led to the dismissal of hundreds of public workers in 2021. Cummings told Tuesday’s parliamentary debate on the Compassionate Gratuity […]
Ministry Successfully Completes Relocation of Farmers from Residential Lands
Basseterre, St Kitts, 21 July 2026 – Following years of sustained engagement and collaboration, the Ministry of Sustainable Development has successfully completed the safe and orderly relocation of farmers who had been unlawfully occupying lands designated for residential development in the Lemon Hill and Cabbage Tree areas. This milestone was made possible after the High […]
Guyana: President Ali says efforts being made to re-float vessel as search continues for survivors
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 22, CMC -President Irfaan Ali said buoyancy bags will be used to try and re-float the MV Barima which capsized last Saturday resulting in the deaths so far of 57 people, including 15 children and the rescue of 76 others. The official manifest for the vessel showed it had 116 passengers and […]
A warning for Caribbean countries amid transition to sustainable energy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jul 22, CMC – The executive director of the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE), Dr. Mohammad Rafik Nagdee, Wednesday said that the region’s sustainable energy transition will not be achieved through ambition alone. “It will be achieved through institutions that are capable, partnerships that are purposeful, investments that are […]
St. Lucia: Government to set up Commission of Inquiry into deadly boating accident
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jul 22, CMC – The St. Lucia government Wednesday said it will appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic marine collision at Anse Cochon, west of here, involving two vessels on July 18, which claimed the lives of two people. A statement from the Office of the Prime […]
Guyana: More bodies recovered as efforts continue to float sunken vesssel
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 22, CMC – The number of people who lost their lives when the MV Barima capsized last weekend, rose to 65 on Wednesday as efforts continue to re-float the 87-year-old vessel that sank as it made its way from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, a small village within the Barima-Waini administrative region of the country. […]