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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- St Vincent and the Grenadines minister for ecclesiastical affairs Maxwell Charles raised the issue of same sex marriage during a recent address. Speaking on the contentious subject, the Vincentian government…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad police are investigation the death of a 24-year-old murder accused who was found hanging in his cell late Wednesday. It is said that Kevin Hospedales, who had been committed to stand trial for the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica --The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has announced that an Official Funeral service for the late Minister of Agriculture Roger Clarke will be held on Saturday, September 13. The funeral service will take place at the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Spokesman on National Security, Derrick Smith, has called on Security Minister Peter Bunting to explain recent developments affecting the future of the Firearm and Tactical Training Unit…

Castries St Lucia -- The first ever training programme in pest risk analysis or PRA for Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Quarantine Officers concluded on Thursday August 28 with a field trip. Over 20 experts, including plant…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) – The Guyana government says it has developed a “strategic partnership” with the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) to heighten awareness on the need to prevent suicides in the country. Health Minister Dr Bheri…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police were called to maintain a presence at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre a short while ago after hundreds of people converged on the area. Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) explained that the large number…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A $7 million investment by Government in a new locally produced, low-cost concrete mix is expected to save the country millions in road repair costs, improve road safety and make the problem of potholes a thing of the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Following several articles previously published on the issue of spyware programs hidden in computers supplied to Caribbean governments and agencies by foreign governments or companies, an amateur radio…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago will celebrate its 52nd year of political independence from Britain over the weekend with the coalition People’s Partnership Government assured of its plans to amend the constitution…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two men died on Thursday, August 28 as a result of injuries they received in separate motor vehicle crashes in St James and St Elizabeth. In the first instance Jermaine Gooden was driving a Suzuki Baleno motor car along…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Health, Community and Social Development, the Hon. Marcella Liburd has expressed sadness at the death of Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Roger Clarke. “I want all…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson has welcomed the new Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Jamaica, Dr Noreen Jack who will begin her tour of duty as of…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- The Grenada Tourism Authority has appointed Margit Schwarz of Discover the World Marketing GmbH as sales representative and focal marketing point in Germany. This appointment supports the imminent return of Condor’s…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Police were last night still trying to piece together the circumstances that led to the murder of Latore Mackey, the Bahamas Information Services (BIS) deputy director and Prime Minister Perry Christie’s press secretary,…