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Georgetown, Guyana -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Guyana and Suriname early next year. Since Indira Gandhi's visit to Guyana in 1968, to seek support against Pakistan, no other Indian prime minister has visited Guyana.…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier died on Saturday, possibly of a heart failure, after he collapsed and hit his head while visiting a close ally near the Caribbean country's capital.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is supporting the participation of nine CARIFORUM SMEs through funding a collective pavilion at the Innovation Village that forms part of the VIII Americas…

Kingston, Jamaica -- A motorcyclist was shot and killed by police in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew Monday morning. Report reaching OBSERVER ONLINE is that he was one of two persons who allegedly held up and robbed a bearer of a large sum of…

Trelawny, Jamaica — The body of farmer was found in the parish with multiple stab wounds Thursday. Thompson Town residents stumbled upon the body along the roadway, about 11:30pm, and called the police, according to reports reaching…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered 1.15 kilograms (2.5 pounds) of heroin concealed within a vehicle arriving from the Dominican Republic on the ferry last Friday and, on evening Monday, CBP…

San Juan, Puerto Rico (CMC) -- Over US$2 million was seized by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency on Monday when officers searched a ferry en route to the Dominican Republic. The money that was hidden in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Suspected cases of the chikungunya virus has postponed an expected showdown on the buggery legislation in Parliament Wednesday. The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS), a prominent church group leading…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is responding well to treatment being administered for a muscle injury. Communication Consultant in the Office of the Prime Minister, Elson Crick, told the Caribbean Media…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is recovering in Canada following a bout of influenza, according to an official statement issued here on Wednesday. It said that Stuart was scheduled here last Monday “after a…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana Government says it is in the process of putting in place alternatives to address the technical deficiencies in its existing legal and financial legislative measures for the assessment of the Financial…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - If you have a noticeable tattoo and you are thinking of joining the Police Service, forget about it. Scores of men and women hoping to be recruits of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service were turned away from…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Two men were shot dead by unknown assailants in separate incidents on Monday. Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that around 8:30 pm explosions were heard and it was later discovered that Oneil Morgan, a taxi…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- Three candidates from Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica have been short listed for the post of secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping. Informed sources said Guyana’s…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Chief executive officer of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Lorne McDonnough, has urged member states to renew their commitment to the organisation for the upcoming second funding cycle despite the difficult…