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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]