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Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Bahamas says it intends to place on the agenda of the next Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government meeting, the attacks by the Boko Haram militant Islamist group on Nigeria. Bahamas Prime Minister…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- At least five children have died following an accident that occurred shortly before 7:00 am on Monday in the Kamacrou area (between Owia and Fancy) in the northeast of mainland St Vincent. Seventeen people were…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- A number of Nigerian students, who are currently being accommodated at a hotel in Babrados, have been neither isolated nor quarantined, said chief medical officer, Dr Joy St John, who confirmed that one of the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s record on children’s rights will be reviewed by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Monday 19 January and Tuesday 20 January in sessions that will be webcast live, according to a…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Ravindranauth Roopnarine, a fugitive wanted in the United States for financial and fraud-related crimes, is the latest criminal to be extradited from Trinidad and Tobago, according to a release…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- Delta Airline has announced that it will be starting a new weekly service between Atlanta and Grenada this summer. The US-based airline said the new service will be operated on Saturdays starting June 6, 2015…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Last month’s revelation that Alstom SA, a French power and transportation company, had paid a bribe to secure a lucrative power contract with Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) has prompted new questions over a greatly…

Paramaribo, Suriname (CMC) -- The Suriname government says while Guyanese bus drivers have the right to operate in the country, they must first apply for the necessary license to do so. The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Tourism…

St James, Jamaica -- The St James police say that a firearm and several rounds of ammunition were seized in Green Pond district, Mount Salem, and a man arrested in relation to the seizure on Thursday. Twenty-six-year-old Tim Blair of Green…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -- ECONOMIST Gregory McGuire said last night it was his belief Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar failed to level with the public in her address to the nation on falling energy prices and its possible impact on…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West, Jack Warner, has filed a motion of censure against Trinidad and Tobago Finance Minister Larry Howai for his role as chief executive officer (CEO) of State-owned bank First…

Nassau, Bahamas -- As the region considers competitiveness in light of new reports and new possibilities -- and with the minister of tourism sounding similar themes -- Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle told Guardian Business…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A woman accused of stealing $21,000 from another inside a Western Union branch had her bail extended when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court Tuesday. Rhoda Smikle appeared in court on a…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- LICHEL FRANCOIS initially thought the gunshots she heard was the sound of a car rolling over a glass bottle. She was about to berate the driver of the car she was in for waking her one-year-old sleeping child but…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- One hundred and eighty-five packages (bricks) of cocaine, weighing 192 kilograms and worth approximately US$800 million, were discovered on Monday by authorities in Guyana on the MV Delta Dies, a foreign vessel…