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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- The United Nations secretary general reiterated on Monday the UN’s strong commitment to help Haiti eradicate cholera through a $2.2 billion sanitation campaign, following a cholera epidemic that left more…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson, says that there has been a decline in exclusive breastfeeding at six weeks of age, from 63.2 per cent in 1983 to 50.3 per cent in 2011. He said that although this is not a…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Seventeen year old Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai will visit the twin island republic on July 31. This was confirmed on Monday in a news release from the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The police have activated a High Alert for 10-year-old Meleeka Mitchell, otherwise called ‘Jody’ and 12-year-old Omari Sterling, both of Paradise Norwood, St James, who went missing Sunday, July 13. According to the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago has become the latest Caribbean country to record cases of the Chikunguyna virus after the disease was first detected in the region last December. Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan said that…

Kingston, Jamaica -- A 19-year-old and a 10-year-old were shot and injured by gunmen following a dispute in Content District, St James Sunday morning. Reports are that around 10:00 am the complainants, both males, and two other men were at…

Havana, Cuba (ACN) -- An increase in Russian cooperation with Cuba through large projects was announced in Havana on Friday by Russian president, Valdimir Putin. “We have big projects to expand cooperation with Cuba in key areas such as…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Jamaica Governor General Howard Cooke has died. Cooke, a teacher in his early years and a Minister of Government during the 1970s, served as Governor General from August 1991 until February 2006. He died at 98…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados government, which last year announced that it would stop paying tuition fees for its nationals attending the University of the West Indies (UWI), says it will provide an estimated 3,000 bursaries to…

ST JOHN’S Antigua (CMC) – Two people, including a 41-year-old Guyanese-born woman, are due to appear in Antigua court on Friday after the Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) said it had seized more than EC$17…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Having “tempered” gang violence in west Kingston, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Steve McGregor says he is now turning his attention to stemming the tide of domestic violence in the volatile community. SSP…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The prime minister of Haiti says his government will soon launch a programme to help its citizens acquire documents needed to secure legal residency in the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Prime…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados government has dismissed as a public relations stunt, a study done by the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) indicating that the regional institution contributes more direct…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Inter Secondary Sports Association (ISSA) today announced that 77 schools will participate in the 2014-15 daCosta Cup football competition. The 77 schools will be divided in 15 groups. St Elizabeth Technical of…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A nine-year-old boy drowned on Monday, July 7 after he and his twin brother went swimming with relatives in St Catherine. He is Timani Riley of Victoria district, Linstead in the parish. According to reports from…