I'm not going anywhere - Skerrit
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has brushed aside an opposition call for him to resign by Thursday as a women's organisation here threw its full support behind him."I shall not speak as yet in response and in reaction to those...
Giuliani in immigrants' corner
NEW YORK (CMC):Illegal Caribbean and other immigrants have received unexpected support from a United States presidential candidate. Republican Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, shocked far-right conservatives in the country...
Parents main perpetrators of rampant child abuse
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):Government officials here say they are troubled by a survey which has revealed that parents are the main perpetrators of physical and sexual violence in Guyanese homes.The government/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)...
Tropical wave wreaks havoc
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Disaster management officials here yesterday reported widespread damage as a tropical wave affected the island, triggering landslides, knocking out utilities in some areas and causing the closure of the island's main airport....
'Dean', other disasters to cost reinsurers US$35b
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP): The global reinsurance industry will have to pay out US$35 billion this year to cover the cost of natural disasters such as flooding in Britain and Hurricane Dean in the Caribbean, Swiss Reinsurance Co. said yesterday.
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