The Caribbean Community, CARICOM, is taking steps to address the challenges faced by Rastafarians across the region, including longstanding concerns over discrimination and social exclusion. CARICOM has announced that it will convene a meeting of representatives from member states and key stakeholders to examine issues affecting
Tonight the growing Smart Stream scandal linked to the Ministry of Defense is reaching a tipping point. We will hear from Prime Minister John Briceno and Florencio Marin who is now on leave of absence. But first, Oscar Mira may have stepped back from his
For weeks, Oscar Mira has maintained that he knew nothing about the contracts awarded to his siblings or the hundreds of invoices now under scrutiny. But that explanation raises an obvious question: if these transactions were happening around him, how could they have escaped his
Questions continue to surface about members of the Mira family, and now another relative has entered the spotlight. News Five has confirmed the authenticity of a Ministry of Finance memorandum approving the temporary employment of Eris Mira, the wife of Brian Mira. According to the
The questions surrounding spending at the Ministry of Defense continue to grow. Just as the controversy over the so-called "Mira Millions" dominates the national conversation, a new batch of leaked documents suggests the practice may have extended far beyond a single family or company. News
As the fallout from the Mira family contracts controversy grows, attention is now shifting beyond Oscar Mira and onto others who oversaw the ministry during the period in question. Prime Minister John Briceño has confirmed that Florencio Marin Jr., the senior minister responsible for the
Even as the Ministry of National Defense finds itself at the center of a widening procurement controversy, officials insist it's business as usual. With no substantive minister currently at the helm and auditors combing through years of procurement records, the focus now turns to how
Rather than waiting for the dust to settle around the Mira contracts controversy, the Briceño administration says it's moving to overhaul the entire procurement system. Facing growing calls for greater accountability in government spending, Prime Minister John Briceño today unveiled plans to modernize how public
Even as the government works to introduce stricter controls on future spending, questions remain about contracts and purchases already made. Prime Minister John Briceño says the ongoing audit of the Ministry of National Defense will be key to uncovering exactly how public funds were spent
Oscar Mira says he had already moved to end the criminal complaint against Alberto August before the DPP stepped in. According to Mira, he filed a further police statement last Friday asking that the charges be dropped, then met with family and close advisers who
