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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) -- Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr Wykeham McNeill, says Jamaica is on track to welcome some 3.5 million visitors this year. The number, he said, involves a combination of cruise passengers and stopover…

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The Irish-owned telecommunications company, Digicel, has welcomed the announcement by the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ECTEL) regarding the merger between Cable and Wireless…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says Trinidad and Tobago’s move to replace the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice as the island’s final court “is a matter that ought to be…

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is monitoring the potential impact any changes to PetroCaribe, Venezuela’s oil alliance with several Caribbean islands will have on regional economies. Analysts…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The National Housing Trust (NHT) is awash with cash, but when its management faces Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) this morning at Gordon House, they are expected to be bombarded…

GEORGETOWN, (AFP) - A political standoff is brewing in Guyana, where President Donald Ramotar has suspended parliament to ward off a no-confidence vote against him -- with his opponents calling him a dictator. Ramotar, who took office in…

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…