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Georgetown, Guyana -- The Carter Center has launched an international election observation mission for Guyana’s May 11 elections at the invitation of the government of Guyana. The core team of experts will be joined this week by six…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Tourism and entertainment minister, Dr Wykeham McNeill, says the proposed opening up of the Cuban market to visitors should be treated as an opportunity for Jamaica to further boost its tourism product, rather…

Castries, St Lucia -- Regional heads of government in the Caribbean have agreed to establish a regional commission on cannabis to conduct an enquiry into the social, economic, health and legal issues surrounding cannabis use in Central…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Kenrick Maharaj, was paid a courtesy call on Wednesday by Major General Yu Chao and a Military Delegation comprising high ranking Officers from the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rocked Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday night but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The United States Geological Survey said the quake was also…

Kingston, Jamaica -- “Ganja is not for schoolchildren and smoking it is not to be encouraged,” Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites cautioned Parliament yesterday. Thwaites, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives…

Bridgetown, Barbados (WINN) -- Barbados has responded to Antiguan concerns over an alleged plan to wind up regional airline LIAT to facilitate the start up of a new Barbados-owned airline. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS), headed by the former foreign minister of Belize Lisa Shoman, arrived on Wednesday in Guyana to learn about the preparations for the…

Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia, in collaboration with LUCELEC and WindTex Energy, a US-based company, have erected a test tower that will help assess the potential for the construction of a 12 megawatt wind farm in…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, while making his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate said that Jamaica has begun to reap the rewards of targeted high level investment…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Mentorship Institute (CMI) says it is alarmed by the number of young people who have been associated with gang-related activities within the Caribbean region. The Institute, which focuses on the…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Dilip Sarjoe, owner of Fly All Ways Airline of Suriname, a sister company of Suriname’s Blue Wing Airlines that has been blacklisted by the European Union, was promised lucrative concessions to make Guyana one of its…

Hamilton, Bermuda, CMC -- Two British men were left scrambling for cash to avoid going to jail after each was fined US$3,000 in a Magistrates’ Court on Monday for using threatening behaviour towards crew members on a Mexico-bound flight…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Peter Phillip is currently in Washington, DC, to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Spring Meetings of the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- The Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) Ltd on Monday delisted its ordinary shares on all three of the regional stock exchanges on which they are listed and immediately relisted those shares…