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Bahamas signs agreement with China to facilitate air travel

Nassau, The Bahamas -- The Bahamas government has taken what it described as a “significant stride” in strengthening tourism, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China that establishes a framework for passenger air service…

Cop to face court on ganja charges

Kingston, Jamaica -- The policeman who was arrested for possession of ganja along the Palisadoes main road on Sunday has been formally charged. Constable Robert Roach, 43, who is assigned to the Kingston Central Division, was yesterday…

UN asked to intervene in border dispute with Venezuela

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- In an attempt to settle the border dispute with Venezuela, the government of Guyana plans to ask the United Nations to intervene in the matter. Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge in a statement to the National…

Rural Electrification Programme renamed

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Government has changed the name and mandate of the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), to the National Energy Solution Company Limited (NESCL), with an expanded role to achieve energy efficiency. Making…

Bank robbery in Bermuda caught on security footage

Hamilton, Bermuda -- An armed robbery that occurred at Butterfield Bank in the Old Town of St George's, Bermuda, just after noon on Tuesday was caught on security CCTV footage, which somehow found its way into the public domain. While the…

Trinidad MP urged to face US trial

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s minister of justice, Prakash Ramadhar, has urged member of parliament and former FIFA vice president Jack Warner to go the United States to face trial in connection with his indictment on…

US renews concerns on Bahamas government contract awards

Nassau, Bahamas -- For the second year in a row, the US Embassy in Nassau said it continues to receive reports from US companies alleging that there is a lack of “transparency and undue political influence with government bidding and…

Arscott to discuss streetlight payments to JPS in Parliament

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Local Government and Community Development Noel Arscott is expected to answer more questions today on the issue of payments to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for the use of streetlights. Speaker…

Caribbean media group connected to FIFA money laundering

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Trinidad Express has reported that a director of its ultimate parent company, One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM), is the owner of a Trinidad-based business that laundered money through black market currency…