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Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has announced that US President Barack Obama will pay a state visit to Jamaica on April 9, 2015. Obama and Simpson Miller will hold bilateral discussions on a range of issues of…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas ministry of tourism has announced that preliminary tourism statistics show double digit increases in air arrivals and hotel performance for the month of January. Nassau/Paradise Island welcomed 74,361…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Inadequate or outdated data have hindered the fight against poverty in some Caribbean countries, including those of the Eastern Caribbean. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), along with partners, will be working…

Bridgetown, Barbados CMC -- Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has disagreed with a position adopted by the government that the island has been able to reverse its downward economic slide and was now poised for growth in the coming years.…

St. George’s, Grenada, CMC -- Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the 1979 Grenada revolution that brought Maurice Bishop to power marked the most decisive fracture in the Anglophone Caribbean with the political and…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Paul Maynard said on Monday that he expects the government to announce its decision regarding the new management partner for the state-owned Bahamas Electricity…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Nearly two months after the appointment of a tribunal to investigate whether Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has breached the Integrity in Public Life Act, its members were due to be sworn in on Tuesday by Trinidad…

Bridgetown, Barbados CMC -- The Barbados government says the economy is showing signs of growth and that the sacrifices made by nationals over the past months have not been in vain. Finance Minister Chris Sinckler delivering the 2015-16…

Havana, Cuba -- Cuba's Fidel Castro warned Tuesday that Venezuela was prepared to confront US "threats and impositions," and said Washington could no longer count on the Venezuelan military to do its bidding. Venezuela "will never allow a…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The annual budget debate resumes at Gordon House this afternoon, with Opposition spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw, responding to last week's opening presentation by the minister, Dr Peter Phillips. Shaw…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- General Secretary of the Islamic Association of St Lucia, Taariq Asad, has expressed concern about a reported threat of ISIS infiltrating the Caribbean “This is a concern that I have had from the time we heard…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health says it has provided additional resources to its main hospitals in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine, to treat people who have been affected by the smog from the Riverton City disposal site.…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Within a few days, the European Union (EU) will pay BD$35.65 million (US$17.825 million) into the Consolidated Fund as part of its continuing support of the Barbados human resource development (HRD) programme.…

Roseau, Dominica -- The Caribbean is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic, despite the fact that the health status of the region’s children and young people has dramatically improved over the past decades. Statistics show that at…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Youth and Culture Minister, Lisa Hanna, is again warning people who persistently abuse minors, to desist or face harsh penalties for these offences. She repeated the call in the wake of recent reports surfacing of…