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Kingston, Jamaica -- Dr Fenton Ferguson, Minister of Health, was commended by World Health Organization consultant, Dr Stella Bialous, for leading Jamaica towards full compliance of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). He…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Amidst protest action from some members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to the Goverment's five per cent wage offer, an injunction was late Tuesday obtained by the Attorney General against the Police Federation. See…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has led the nation in paying tribute to Dr Nicholas Liverpool, Dominica’s sixth head of state, who died on Monday. He was 80 years-old. In a radio broadcast, Skerrit praised the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness has made the position of his very clear regarding the issues of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the Buggery Law. In a statement issued a short while ago Holness stated –…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on Monday, June 1, and ends November 30. The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted six to 11 named storms for this season even…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- According to the 166-page indictment in United States vs. Jeffrey Webb, et al, in which many senior FIFA officials and others are charged with multiple counts of racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- St Vincent and the Grenadines will use the visa-free travel agreement it signed with the European Union last week to re-launch its lobby for the reinstatement of a similar privilege for Vincentian passport…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have championed the phrase “1.5 to stay alive” in demanding that global temperature increases be kept as far below 1.5 degrees C as possible to limit the anticipated devastating…

Castries, St Lucia -- The leader of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM), Therold Prudent, has called for the resignation of McHale Andrew, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Invest St Lucia, the government’s inward investment agency.…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Garvin Nicholas, has emphasised that the extradition proceedings currently underway against member of parliament Jack Warner following his indictment in the US…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The police have reported that an unidentified man was shot dead shortly after robbing a woman on a public passenger vehicle on Sunday. The lawmen say the incident happened about 10:45 am, when the unidentified male…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Twenty-four hours of heavy rainfall resulted in extensive flooding in the capital and surrounding areas yesterday and residents are being told to expect even more, as more rain and thunderstorms are forecast for the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she received no money from Jack Warner to fund either her own or the United National Congress (UNC) election campaigns. Warner, a former government minister and UNC…

St George, Grenada (GIS) -- Citizens of Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago may now travel visa-free to Schengen area countries, following the signing of a short-stay visa waiver agreement…

Chateaubelair, St Vincent -- Earlier this month, a chartered catamaran anchored by itself in the northern part of Chateaubelair, St Vincent, well away from the two or three other cruising boats anchored in the bay, was boarded at night by…