Government grants incentives to army
Guyana (CMC): THE GOVERNMENT ON Wednesday announced a G$250 million (US$1.25 million) incentive for the Disciplined Forces to bolster the seven per cent announced last week for public sector employees.
Multimillion pay-back for doctors
TRINIDAD EXPRESS: A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR backpay is in store for 150 senior hospital doctors for Christmas. The doctors who are attached to the nation's four regional health authorities run by the government...
Smoking to be banned in public
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): SMOKING IN public places will be banned in Bermuda from next year after senators followed the lead of MPs in the House of Assembly and unanimously approved tough new tobacco laws.
Honduran fishermen sent packing
ONE HUNDRED and fifteen Honduran fishermen who were arrested by the coastguard for fishing illegally in Jamaican waters just over two weeks ago are back in their homeland, Donovan Nelson, spokesman of the Ministry of National Security, said yesterday.
Electoral reform body for Anguilla
THE VALLEY, Anguilla (AP): ANGUILLA WILL create a constitutional and electoral reform commission next year to handle issues such as the legislature's size and residency qualifications, the governor of the British Caribbean territory said.
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