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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) representative on the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Kavan Gayle today resigned from the position in wake of the controversial $300 million Outameni purchase deal.…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The funeral service for late veteran singer John Holt is currently under way at the Holt Trinity Cathedral in Kingston. A musical tribute, which preceded the service, saw several artistes performing Holt’s vast…

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The police in The Bahamas are investigating the death of a Jamaican on board an aircraft en route from New Providence to Bimini on the weekend. The police report that on Saturday afternoon they received information…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police seized 15 kilograms of cocaine during a routine search with customs officers at the Kingston port on Saturday. Reports from the police’s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) are that about 1:40 pm, the team…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A US-based infectious disease specialist says hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago would not be prepared if there is an outbreak of the deadly Ebola here. “I’ve seen what San Fernando General Hospital looks like, I’m…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A man was fined J$25,000 or two months after he pleaded guilty in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court to hitting his child's mother all over her body with a standing fan. Reports are that Duran Blair 26, of…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The body of a middle-aged practical nurse was found on a secluded road behind the Riu Hotel in Ironshore, Montego Bay Wednesday night. Preliminary reports are that the woman and a child were abducted by men travelling…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Caribbean entrepreneurs who are looking for funding to develop new or existing businesses are being encouraged to look to their own nationals living abroad. “Diaspora financing should be explored as a source of…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Lobby group Citizens’ Action for Principles and Integrity (CAPI) says that Prime Minister Simpson Miller’s effort to answer questions on the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) acquisition of the Outameni attraction has…

KINGSTON, Jamaica --The police have taken a man into custody in relation to the death of seven-year-old Kadesha Cousins, whose body was found in the Rio Cobre near Dyke Road in St Catherine on Friday, November 7. The man was held by the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – A 74-year-old woman who returned to her Laventille home from church yesterday morning to find a burglar inside her house was raped and killed, homicide detectives have said. Dead is Norma…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda drug enforcement officials said they had seized more than 50 kilograms of cocaine and have arrested five people including three Venezuelan and Dominican Republic nationals. The Office of…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – A two-day regional workshop exploring issues relating to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) began here on Monday with delegates being told that it would explore in some depth the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Entertainer Ninja Man, his son and two other men are to be tried for murder in the Home Circuit Court today. The artiste, whose real name is Desmond Ballentyne, and son Janiel Ballentyne are to be tried along with…

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) – The opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) has launched a petition geared towards reversing the award of National Hero recently conferred on former Prime Minister Lester Bird. In a release on Sunday, the UPP…