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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…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) being imported to the Caribbean is low. “There have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in the…

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The London-based International human rights group, Amnesty International says members of an organization of women human rights defenders in Haiti have received threats following the recent sentencing of a…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The prospect of an early general election in Guyana has increased significantly after the majority opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), signalled its intention to back a motion of no…

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) – Police have detained one man after 50 kilograms of cocaine was intercepted at the Johan Pengel International Airport. Police said that this is not the first time they have detained the un-named man in relation…

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – A 38-year-old Virgin Atlantic crew member was killed after he was struck by a vehicle on Sunday, St Lucia police have confirmed. They said that Quinton Garrathy from Southampton, UK, who was scheduled to leave…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, says that food imports have declined for the first quarter of 2014. According to Simpson Miller food imports for the quarter were valued at US$252.2 million, which was…