Rihanna and Nicki Minaj among 2015 YouTube Music Award winners

March 06, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_4058" align="alignleft" width="300"] Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna and Trinidad-born rap queen Nicki Minaj (Credit: Atlanta Black Star)[/caption] CALIFORNIA, United States, Wednesday March 4, 2015 – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna and Trinidad-born rap queen Nicki Minaj did the Caribbean proud when they were named among the...

Suriname abolishes death penalty

March 06, 2015 in Regional

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) – The National Assembly has approved legislation formally abolishing the death penalty in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country. But the legislators raised the highest prison term limits from 30 to 50 years in what is seen as a compromise to amending the...

Lovell supports LIAT job cuts

March 06, 2015 in Regional

Deputy Leader of the Opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) Harold Lovell said government needs to provide other jobs for LIAT workers who might be severed if the airline’s Board gets its way. The former tourism and civil aviation minister said this could be done through creating...

Barbados Gov’t denies anti-Caricom stance

March 05, 2015 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados Government has defended allegations that the island does not welcome citizens from other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries insisting that it had deported a “very small percentage” of people. “We hear very often about the number of people we deport from...