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Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas government has revised controversial constitutional referendum questions and is set to table them in Parliament, The Nassau Guardian has confirmed. The questions no longer reference specific articles of the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prison officials in Britain are currently investigating how a convicted murderer was able to access social media and post photos of his 31st birthday celebration. According to the Daily Mail, Liam Whitnell – who is…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) says the Ralph Gonsalves government “must reiterate its stance on job security” in light of the government’s undertakings with the International…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- There will be no backing down on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014. In fact, the People’s Partnership Government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar herself will hit the ground from today in a bid to…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The governments of Guyana and Panama have signed an agreement that will see Panama purchasing approximately 5,000 tonnes of rice per month from Guyana, following a recent meeting between delegations from both…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The suspected case of Chikungunya at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona is among two additional locally transmitted cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health a short while ago. This brings the total number of…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- There may be as many as 80 people in this country currently infected with the Chikungunya virus, Trinidad Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. Khan made the statement during a…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) -- Five police officers who are facing charges in relation to the death of a man in custody have had their matter stayed pending a judicial review at the High Court. The officers appeared in court on Wednesday…

TRINIDAD (Trinidad Express) -- A seven-year-old girl was killed yesterday after a metal gate fell on top of her at her Freeport home. Adita Roopchand, a pupil of Freeport Hindu Primary School, is believed to have died within minutes.…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A woman was arrested and charged at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday, August 12 after approximately 13 pounds of cocaine was found in her luggage. The police report that the substance was found during…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police recaptured an alleged kidnapper who escaped custody during a mass breakout that authorities believe was staged for him at a prison outside the Haitian capital, officials said Tuesday. Clifford Brandt was…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Youth and Culture will be lobbying for greater national recognition of the Maroons. Principal Director of Culture in the Ministry, Dahlia Harris, said there is need to “put together some kind of a…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) –The Trinidad and Tobago parliament early Tuesday morning passed legislation allowing for a two term limit for a prime minister and a run-off in a general election in the event that a successful candidate fails…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — A Nigerian doctor who has not been to Africa for the past five years, caused a major scare at the Piarco International Airport after he arrived here on a British Airways flight from London on Thursday. The…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS)--Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, says Jamaica does not, at this time, fall into the category of high risk countries for transmission of the Ebola Virus. At a press briefing, held at the Ministry’s Downtown…