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Castries, St Lucia -- The latest episodes in ongoing infighting within the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in Saint Lucia have been revealed in a press release from the UWP’s Castries North Constituency Branch and a letter from a UWP…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- Chairman of the Cannabis Movement of St Lucia, Andre De Caires, has welcomed Jamaica's decision to give the green light to the so-called Ganja Bill, but chided authorities here for dragging their feet on the…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- President Donald Ramotar announced on Tuesday that he has signed the proclamation to dissolve parliament in Guyana on February 28, and the ten regional democratic councils. This announcement follows Ramotar’s…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- Member of Parliament for South St Catherine, Fitz Jackson, has said that Portmore residents have not shunned the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) petition seeking 6,480 signatures to go ahead with the redrawing of…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Barbados’s tourism sector has begun to show signs of growth. In 2014, long stay visitor arrivals increased for the first time in two years by 2.2 percent to 519,638 visitors, compared to the previous year. Chairman…

Castries, St Lucia -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission’s special meeting of key decision makers in the health sector met with ministers for health on Tuesday morning on the status of member states regarding…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Venezuelans residing in Trinidad protested in Port of Spain on Tuesday, calling for the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who arrived in Trinidad on Tuesday morning on a working visit.…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government yesterday rejected a call from the Opposition to suspend completing the debate on the Ganja Bill, to allow Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, to make a contribution. Leader of Opposition Business…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- Health authorities have seized several expired food items and goods they say were being loaded onto a vehicle for sale to consumers in Guyana. The Registrar at the Ministry of Health’s, Pharmacy & Poison…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agriculture ministers will hold talks with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) José Graziano da Silva. Agriculture Minister Alfred…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government has allocated $114 million towards the Transitional Funding Mechanism Project in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The project seeks to…

St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez on Saturday successfully hammered out an agreement covering the acquisition of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC).…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has approved an additional EC$2,025,000/US$750,000 loan for the new Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will be used to…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Department of Civil Aviation Aircraft Accident Investigation and Prevention Unit (AAIPU) says “poor decision making” led to the plane crash that killed nine people, including religious leader Dr Myles Munroe…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The police have reported that a man was shot fatally during a confrontation with lawmen and a .45 Berretta with 3 rounds of ammunition recovered in Riverton City, Kingston on Sunday. The dead man has been identified as…