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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Uzziah 'Sticky' Thompson, the veteran percussionist whose career covered ska to reggae, died Monday in Florida at age 78. Thompson died from a heart attack, his son Audley Shakespeare told the OBSERVER ONLINE. Born in…

ST ANN, Jamaica -- Roads in the resort town of Ocho Rios were flooded following heavy rains on Monday afternoon. Several other areas of the north coast parish also received heavy rainfall. The Meteorological Service of Jamaica forecast…

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Meteorological (MET) Service of Jamaica says the centre of Tropical Storm Cristobal was located near latitude 24.5 degrees north and longitude 72.8 degrees west at 4:00 am Monday and is expected to move away from the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Mandeville Police seized four rifles and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in New Green, Manchester on Wednesday, August 20. Reports are that police officers were on operation in the area about 10:24 pm, when the…

Hamilton, Bermuda (CMC) -- The wife of a government legislator died after falling at her home, the second such tragedy to hit the ruling One Bermuda Alliance administration this year. Rochelle Bascome 54, the wife of the St George’s North…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Five days after two alleged car thieves were killed by police in Central Trinidad, three more suspected bandits have been shot dead . The three friends were killed in a Freeport house on Tuesday night, bringing…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Barbados, faced with an upsurge in gun related crimes, has stepped up surveillance and vigilance at ports of entry, Home Affairs Minister Adriel Brathwaite has said. He said the new initiative is based on…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- The Integrity Commission has won its legal battle to have Google Inc provide information on three e-mail accounts, believed to be connected to Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Prime Minister…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The son of a convicted transnational drug trafficker, who was arrested on Thursday by the Major Organised Crime and Anti- Corruption Agency (MOCA) in the Kingston 6 area, has been formally charged for breaches of the…

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…