Banks DIH Limited says it has won the “Coca Cola Excellence Cup” for Performance excellence (small markets), winning the award over other leading bottlers of Coca Cola within the regional Latin Centre Business Unit (LCBU).
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in South Africa to stop him stirring up trouble, diplomatic and political sources said yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Industry and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda has announced that rice imported from Suriname and Guyana will be allowed to be cleared from the wharves starting yesterday afternoon.
Childcare and Protection Agency closed today
The Childcare and Protection Agency will be closed for business today due to the Agency’s Staff Conference.
The National Toshaos Council (NTC), in a recent statement, blasted the Office of Climate Change (OCC) for what it said was the lack of engagement of the NTC and the indigenous peoples on the ‘opt-in’ mechanism.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it would be “very damaging” to both Cubans as well as the United States’ standing in Latin America if the next administration reverses President Barack Obama’s normalization of relations with Cuba.
The National Accreditation Council (NAC) is encouraging all institutions offering educational programmes in an academic or vocational field leading to certification at the post-secondary and tertiary level to seek registration in 2017.
(Trinidad Guardian) The completed autopsy into the cause of death for Shannon Banfield yesterday revealed the 20-year-old was smothered with a towel in the IAM and Company Limited warehouse where she was found.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela freed yesterday another four opponents of President Nicolas Maduro, but activists demanded the immediate liberation of more than 100 others they say are also unjustly imprisoned.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China will appoint “river chiefs” to prevent pollution in the nation’s waterways, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, in the latest step taken by Beijing to rein in environmental damage.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian senators yesterday passed a 20-year public spending ceiling proposed by President Michel Temer to control a ballooning budget deficit, a crucial step in an austerity drive to rescue Brazil’s stalled economy.
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks racked up new all-time highs yesterday and the Dow Jones industrial average ended fewer than 100 points away from the 20,000 mark as a post-election rally showed no signs of fatigue.All
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s government can move laws needed to carry out the country’s peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels through Congress more quickly than usual, the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum denied yesterday accusations that he had beaten and abducted a political rival and threatened him with sexual violence, in a case that sparked Western calls for a full and fair investigation.
First Lady, Sandra Granger yesterday held a graduation ceremony to mark the conclusion of a one-month Instruction on Table Management and Menu Planning course for the staff at State House.