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Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Caribbean countries have been told that while there has been an upswing in tourist arrivals to the region they are yet to achieve their goals. Chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- High Court judge Frank Seepersad has adjourned to December 7, a constitutional motion filed by the leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen group, Yasin Abu Bakr, in which he is suing the state for wrongful arrest…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Acting Permanent Secretary, Dr Kevin Harvey says the Ministry of Health has intensified its public education programme on Ebola and will continue to provide information to the media and other stakeholders in a timely…

Paramaribo, Suriname (CMC) -- A High Court judge has sentenced a 25-year-old police officer to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of a series of robberies. Justice Danielle Karamat Ali said Murwin Vyent had used his service…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Four people were killed in separate incidents by unknown assailants in Clarendon, St Catherine and St Andrew on Tuesday, sources close to OBSERVER ONLINE have disclosed. Preliminary reports are that two people were…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has said reports of a sex scandal involving him and Nova Peris, Australia’s first indigenous Olympic gold medallist and senator, were a gross fabrication. The report,…

Castries, St Lucia -- A "SWAT" (special weapons and tactics) team is being considered in order to respond swiftly to any suspected case of Ebola in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) region should the need arise. This was…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The steering committees of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME) and CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) standby facilities will consider a combined eight project proposals for funding when they meet…

Kingston, Jamaica --Medicanja Limited, Jamaica’s first medicinal marijuana company, will unveil its line of products and services at the Eden Gardens Resort and Spa in Kingston, tomorrow (October 29). Medicanja’s Founder and CEO, Dr Henry…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Barbados government Monday said it would not seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help turn around an ailing economy, insisting that the fiscal programme it has embarked upon is…

Georgetown, Guyana -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas has welcomed Guyana President Donald Ramotar’s announcement of Norway’s 2012 calendar year performance-based payment into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF). Reducing emissions…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Former West Indies Players Association president and current Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board club representative Dinanath Ramnarine called the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s condemnation of the West Indies…

Kingston, Jamaica -- There is a massive traffic pile up in Cross Roads, St Andrew, after two Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses crashed along Slipe Road a short while ago. Reports are that about 9:00 am a number 42 bus was exiting…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is celebrating 35 years of political independence from Britain with the leaders of the two main political parties providing contrasting views on the future direction of the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft crashed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana in 2011 because of a number of factors, including a lack of effective communication in the cockpit, an…