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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…

Kingston, Jamaica -- People’s National Party (PNP) member Donovan Bisasor and a co-accused arrested in August for fraud will again appear in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court today. The 58-year-old Bisasor and his 31-year-old…

Trinidad -- UNFORTUNATE, senseless and reckless. These were some of the words used by friends and relatives after hearing of an incident in which a 17-year-old boy, Ricardo Mohammed, appeared to have been accidentally killed by a…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Canadian High Commissioner Robert Ready has pledged the continued commitment of the Canadian government to Jamaica’s justice reform goals. He gave the commitment, while addressing the Justice Undertakings for…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- While the data compiled in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Report will close some of the gaps currently existing in available statistics in Barbados, the findings indicate a number of critical…

Castries, St Lucia -- The ministry of health in Saint Lucia says it has noted a spike in chikungunya cases in the south of the island and has reminded the population to be vigilant to preventing possible sources of mosquitoes breeding. On…

St James, Jamaica -- The three cops charged in the death of Mario Deane have all been offered bail to return to court on October 3. Each has been offered $400,000 bail. According to the Independent Commission of Investigations, the‎ three…