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Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- A 39 year-old mother of four was killed after a vehicle crashed through the wall of her home and pinned her underneath the vehicle. Police said that Donna Jennifer Mascal, her husband, Anthony Mascal and…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is hopeful that coming out of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US Summit, concrete action will be taken, so that the people of the region can “feel the effects of the…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Matters pertaining to energy and Jamaica’s economic reform programme (ERP) were among the highlights of bilateral talks between Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, and US President Barack Obama at Jamaica House…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Deputy Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson interviewed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alfred Gray on Friday as police in The Bahamas continued to investigate an allegation that Gray interfered in a judicial…

Paramaribo, Suriname (CMC) -- Suriname police said a 16-year-old boy from Jamaica was refused passage through Suriname on Saturday after Immigrations officers suspected that he was travelling to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, is urging the country’s women leaders to encourage other women to play a more active role in national development. “We have to encourage women to…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- One of the two women detained on Wednesday night at Piarco International Airport onboard a flight to Jamaica has admitted to removing a box containing cash shortly after Chinese businessman Hi…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- Plans toward making Argyle International Airport in St Vincent a “green” airport will move a step closer this month, when officials of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) return to SVG to sign a loan agreement for…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Eleven trade unions, which fall under the umbrella of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), will resume negotiations with the Government today at the Ministry of Finance and Planning. The parties last met…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Trinidad and Tobago’s Office of the Prime Minister has announced that a Caribbean Security Summitt is to be held in coming months. The statement in full: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar…

Nassau, Bahamas -- More than three months after the Bahamas government requested information from the US government over a report that a Bahamian official accepted $325,000 in bribes to swing Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) contracts…

St John’s, Antigua (WINN) -- Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird says he fully supports the position taken by Prime Minister Gaston Browne over reported plans to replace regional airline LIAT with a new Barbados-led…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Bermuda officials have been in talks with European Union authorities on policy matters of mutual interest. And high on the list of priorities are impending EU laws that may disadvantage Bermuda’s insurers and…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Venezuela has again restated its commitment to PetroCaribe, the Caracas’ oil initiative with several Latin American and Caribbean countries that sees them purchasing fuel on terms of preferential payment, with…

Kingston, Jamaica (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, says she is very concerned of the threat of terrorism, not only for her country, but for the entire Caribbean region. Speaking ahead of Thursday’s…