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Robber shot dead while fleeing scene
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…
Rains flood Guyana capital and threaten three more days of the same
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…
Kamla denies Jack Warner’s money financed UNC poll campaigns
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…
Caribbean citizens now travel visa-free to Schengen area countries
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…
Charter boat crew assaulted and robbed while anchored off St Vincent
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…
British banks now linked to FIFA corruption scandal
Kingston, Jamaica -- British newspaper, the Daily Mail is reporting online that two of Britain’s biggest banks have been dragged into the bribery and corruption scandal engulfing football’s world governing body.
According to the Daily…
C’bean told to brace for 11 storms in 2015
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The US-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting six to 11 named storms for the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season even as regional disaster officials warned Caribbean countries not to…
Guyana’s new president defends size of cabinet and renaming of ministries
Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- President David Granger has dismissed claims that the new APNU/AFC coalition government in Guyana is a “large government,” and pointed out that there are fewer ministries than those under the previous…
Trinidad MP arrested; US seeks extradition
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Following his indictment in the US on eight counts of racketeering, fraud and money laundering, Trinidad member of parliament Jack Warner, former regional vice president of FIFA, was arrested and taken into…
Cops hunt clues in money laundering probe
Kingston, Jamaica -- Members of the Financial Investigations Division and police officers are now searching a number of locations in the Corporate Area and Spanish Town and Linstead areas of St Catherine, in an effort to gather evidence and…
Barbados breaks a 25-year record for tourist arrivals
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Barbados achieved a record 171,471 long stay visitor arrivals during the first quarter of this year, breaking a long standing 25-year figure, chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing, Inc (BTMI), Alvin…
No word on prisoner who escaped police custody at hospital
Kingston, Jamaica -- The police are still unable to provide an update on the whereabouts of a male prisoner who escaped police custody in St James on Monday.
The man was hospitalised at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay when he…
‘I am innocent’, says Jack Warner on FIFA corruption probe
Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Political Leader of the Independent Liberal Party Jack Warner has spoken up in response to international news reports that he has been named as one of the people being sought by police in…
Bahamas AG won’t comment on power company bribe before end of June
Nassau, Bahamas -- It remains unclear when Bahamians will receive answers over the report that a Bahamian official accepted $325,000 in bribes to swing Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) contracts to a French company over a decade ago.…
St Lucia explores legal framework for establishing medical research facility
Castries, St Lucia -- Invest Saint Lucia last week hosted a series of consultations with relevant stakeholders to determine the way forward for establishing Saint Lucia as a preferred location for investments in medical research and…