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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – With the Government having sourced additional funds to finance tertiary education for the academic year, students are being advised to immediately visit the offices of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) to apply for…

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - At least two Nigerian students who arrived here last week without medical certificates to prove that they are not infected with the deadly Ebola virus, have been quarantined and will be repatriated. “… because…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s minister of finance, Larry Howai, has confirmed that Colonial Life Insurance Co Ltd (CLICO) is to be sold. He stressed however that the price must be right. Speaking at the meeting of the…

Nassau, Bahamas -- What would appear to be the Bahamas government’s “default position” in favour of Chinese technical expertise and Chinese funding is “squeezing out” local entrepreneurs throughout the supply chain, according to a prominent…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has announced that, with immediate effect, all travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines from West Africa, especially students from Nigeria, must be in possession…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Matthew Prendergast, the grandson of reggae legend Bob and Rita Marley, is to be tried today in the High Court Division of the Gun Court. The charges against Prendergast resulted from an altercation with a security…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - A new poll commissioned by the Trinidad Express Newspapers shows the population continues to be polarised by race. While the Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) leads 48% to 21% among those of…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Sunday urged Jamaicans to take better care of the nation’s children, noting that they are the country’s future. The prime minister made the call while addressing the People’s…

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A popular private health centre in Portmore is reporting a large number of suspected cases of the rapidly spreading chikungunya virus in sections of the municipality. Nurses stationed at the centre's general…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described the Caribbean Leadership Project’s Leadership Development Programme for senior civil servants as being critical to the region’s development. He made the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health today announced that there is no ban on e-cigarettes contrary to earlier reports. On Monday the Jamaica Customs Agency said that it had halted the clearance of electronic cigarettes from the wharf…

ROSEAU, Dominica -- The newly launched Hummingbird Airlines has been operating flights in and from Canefield Airport in Dominica every Thursday and Sunday since July 11, 2014. Proprietor of Hummingbird Airlines, Samuel Raphael, said…

Castries, St Lucia -- Allen Chastanet, the embattled political leader of the opposition United Workers party (UWP) in Saint Lucia, may be facing a new challenge at the party’s convention next month. Local economist Dr Claudius Preville, a…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley responded to the Trinidad and Tobago government’s budget proposals in Parliament on Friday. In a two-hour statement, he criticised what he described as the increasing annual…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has pledged financial support towards the launch of Start Up Jamaica, as part of the regional private sector development programme (RPSDP) funded by the…