BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 14, CMC – Barbados has officially established its first resident embassy in Ireland, a move aimed at strengthening diplomatic, trade, tourism and cultural ties between the two island nations. Prime Minister Mia Mottley formally opened the chancery in Dublin earlier this week as Barbados and Ireland marked 25 years of diplomatic relations. […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 14, CMC  — A nine-member Caribbean Community Election Observation Mission (CEOM) has concluded that voters in The Bahamas were able to cast their ballots peacefully and orderly during the country’s General Elections held earlier this week. The mission was mounted at the invitation of Dame Cynthia A. Pratt, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados , May 14, CMC — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of Barbados  have reached a staff-level agreement on a 36-month precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) valued at SDR 189 million, or approximately US$260 million. The agreement, which remains subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board in June, is intended to provide […]

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 14, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s cycling duo of Makaira Wallace and Njisane Phillip rode to gold on the opening day of the Copa Chile de Ciclismo de Pista #1 at the Velodromo de Peñalolén here on Wednesday. Wallace struck gold first in the women’s keirin by defeating Daniela Colilef of Chile while Colombia’s […]

A newly introduced pharmacist role in Dunedin Hospital’s Emergency Department is already helping patients get seen and treated faster, while giving doctors more time to focus on care, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. Improving patient flow through the ED and across the hospital Saving doctors up to 20 minutes per patient Delivering a safer, more […]

Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to expand the Texas Repeat Offender Task Force, a Houston-area joint operation between federal, state, and local law enforcement that targets violent repeat offenders, to the Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin metropolitan areas. “I am directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to immediately expand […]

72 Remote Controlled Howitzers (RCH 155) will be procured under a nearly £1 billion contract, which includes initial training and in-service support, awarded by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) on behalf of the British Army to ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture between KNDS and Rheinmetall. The weapon systems – the barrel, breech, recoil system and trunnions – will be manufactured at Rheinmetall’s large-calibre production […]

Thousands more children and young people will benefit from stable, loving homes as the government launches a new £12.4 million Fostering Innovation Fund to make foster care more accessible and inclusive across England. The Fund will help fostering around modern lifestyles and household structures, by updating models of foster care, which set out how care should be […]

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced a new $144 million investment by the Trump Administration to help states expand proven interventions that support students with disabilities. These funds will be awarded this year for state and local agencies to use for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs. In an additional effort to […]

The United States continues to seek meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system, which has only served to enrich the elites and condemn the Cuban people to poverty. As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, the United States has also made numerous private offers to the Cuban regime to provide generous assistance to the […]