2014

Kingston, Jamaica -- A 19-year-old and a 10-year-old were shot and injured by gunmen following a dispute in Content District, St James Sunday morning. Reports are that around 10:00 am the complainants, both males, and two other men were at…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest Caribbean country to record cases of the Chikunguyna virus after the disease was first detected in the region last December. Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan said that…

ZIZ News -- Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of a recent shooting incident which left three men dead. The incident, which occurred in the early morning hours of…

ZIZ News -- Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Patrick Martin, has described claims listed in a petition which blames man-made ponds at La Valle for helping to spread the chikungunya virus as false. The Hon. Shawn Richards and members of the Sandy…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- It will be a major boost in the fight against crime in the twin-island Federation, when the Anti Crime Unit receives close one dozen new vehicles for the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- The Heldens Estate Condo Resort & Residences will be constructed at a cost of US$40 million. This was disclosed Wednesday by Chairman of the White Gate Development Corporation, Mr. Thomas Williams, who…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Phoenix Airways, a new Inter-Caribbean airline, has announced the commencement of its flights service to and from St. Kitts, starting July 16th, 2014. The launch of the airline was hosted at Marriott last Saturday…

July 12th 2014 Three men: Cecil Charles of Stapleton Housing, Glendale Hendrickson and Tavis Francis both of Old Road were fatally wounded in the wee hours of this morning (Saturday) following a shooting incident at the popular…

In the early hours of Saturday morning, there were three killings in the Federation.. Eye witnesses state that the victims seemed to have been targeted. In the process, four other persons were injured. We have had almost two years of peace…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated Antigua Hawksbills by two wickets, in the opening game of the Caribbean Premier League at the National Stadium on Friday. Scores: ANTIGUA HAWKSBILLS — 136 for eight off 20 overs…

BRASÍLIA, (AFP) - The Brazilians and Dutch will be the uncomfortable warm-up act for Sunday's grand finale between Germany and Argentina at Rio de Janeiro's historic Maracana Stadium. Saturday's match will be the end of a campaign that…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Double Olympic gold medallist Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce was beaten into second by Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad in the Glasgow Diamond League 100 metres Saturday. Ahye clocked seconds 11.01 to Fraser Pryce’s season’s…

(CNN) -- Comedian Tracy Morgan is suing Walmart over a deadly limo bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left him critically injured. The complaint was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey. Morgan, 45, suffered…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados government, which last year announced that it would stop paying tuition fees for its nationals attending the University of the West Indies (UWI), says it will provide an estimated 3,000 bursaries to…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Jamaica Governor General Howard Cooke has died. Cooke, a teacher in his early years and a Minister of Government during the 1970s, served as Governor General from August 1991 until February 2006. He died at 98…