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Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) is strengthening its efforts to target the Cuban market for export through its Caribbean and Latin American market development strategy. The agency officially started its…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), through the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) project, in collaboration with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), is embarking on a delay and…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The ministry of health has disclosed that there has been a decline in the number of confirmed cases of chikungunya in Barbados in recent weeks. The levels of mosquito breeding have also fallen. In 2014, there…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says cancers are the second leading cause of death in the region and even as it acknowledged that nearly one half of cancers are preventable or…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Education Minister Ronald Thwaites today said that the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) approved 90 per cent of its loan applications for the current academic year, and there was no need to grant preferential treatment based…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson on Monday defended the Bahamas government's handling of the investigation into Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bribery allegations. Maynard-Gibson urged Bahamians to be…

St John’s, Antigua -- A cadre of public and private sector officials from Antigua and Barbuda are scheduled to benefit from training aimed at equipping them to speak on matters related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health will employ 32 of the 41 students from the University of Technology’s present batch that is completing the Environmental Health Programme, for an internship period, which is in keeping with the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the nation in a national address on Monday night that she has asked for and received the resignations of national security minister Gary Griffith…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Notwithstanding numerous delays in the process, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has indicated that the decision to award a controversial management contract as part of the planned reform of the state-owned Bahamas…

Castries, St Lucia -- The history of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will take a new turn on Wednesday when the French territory of Martinique signs on as an associate member, increasing the nine-member grouping to ten.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Participants from Barbados, RSS countries and independent Commonwealth Caribbean countries came together at the Barbados Coast Guard to attend a maritime tactical planning course, delivered by a visiting training…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Police are advising members of the public that a section of the Michael Manley Boulevard is now impassable due to an overturned oil tanker in the vicinity of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) power plant in…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A recent report by the Tribune newspaper in The Bahamas stating that US Secretary of State John Kerry certified the integrity of an American company bidding for a multimillion dollar management contract from the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago Anand Ramlogan remained in office over the weekend, even as calls continued for him to resign. But the question remains if he will be fired or resign shortly, as Prime…