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WEST INDIES ANNOUNCE ODI SQUAD FOR TOUR OF INDIA
CWI - The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today announced the Senior Men’s squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International (ODI) Series against India. The West Indies…
Mia Mottley’s BLP takes all 30 electoral seats in landslide victory
Reuters - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Thursday celebrated a landslide victory in the Caribbean nation's first general election since it became a republic last year by…
Walsh pleased with medical and fitness camp
CWI - The West Indies Women’s players have started the year with great energy, according to Head Coach Courtney Walsh. A squad of the region’s best players are in Barbados for a Cricket West…
West Indies Women’s squad named for ODI series in South Africa
CWI - Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Selection Panel on Saturday named an 18-member squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa Women at the Imperial Wanderers…
Guyana police can now respond with stun guns instead of real guns
Guyana Chronicle - AMENDMENTS to the Police Act have now paved the way for members of the Guyana Police Force to use less lethal weapons such as pepper spray, tasers and stun guns when…
Gasoline truck explodes in northern Haiti, dozens killed
(AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly…
Government introduces legislation to outlaw Ponzi and other pyramid schemes
CMC - The Trinidad and Tobago government has tabled legislation in Parliament providing for a TT$10 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) and 10 years in jail for anyone who establishes or…
Over 500 Bahamians subscribe to cruise port IPO; $11 million raised thus far
EW News - The Nassau Cruise Port (NCP) has attracted in excess of 500 subscriptions to its Bahamas Investment Fund (BIF) offering thus far, with a total value exceeding $11 million.…
Court awards multi-million dollar compensation to Jamaican woman
CMC - Acting Chief Justice Roxane George on Wednesday awarded compensation totalling GUY$3.1 million (One Guyana dollar = US$0.008 cents) to a 56-year-old Jamaican woman who had been…
T&T: Police Service Commission completely crumbles as chairman resigns
CMC - The chairman of the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC) resigned on Thursday amid controversy over the selection of the twin-island republic’s next top cop.
A brief statement…