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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…

New Delhi, India (AFP) -- Indian police on Thursday arrested a school principal accused of causing the death of an 11-year-old boy beaten over a stolen pencil. Police superintendent Abdul Hameed said the teacher had confessed to beating…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he hopes Thursday’s meeting between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and United States President Barack Obama will lead to increased assistance to the region as…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- This week’s visit of US President Barack Obama to Jamaica, and the meeting with heads of state and government of Caribbean Community (CARICOM), should deepen bilateral relations between the US and the region, the…

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia’s internet users can look forward to better connectivity and faster speeds between local internet service providers (ISPs). Digicel signed a memorandum of understanding on April 2, agreeing to become the…