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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…

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…

Panama City, Panama (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart believes that there must be frank and honest dialogue between Venezuela and the United States. While addressing the Seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama on Saturday,…

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…