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Kingston, Jamaica -- Fire of unknown origin Friday morning destroyed sections of a shopping complex at James Avenue in Ocho Rios, St Ann. Reports are that around 1:30 am fire was seen coming from the upstairs of the two-storey complex and…

Port au Prince, Haiti -- Haiti, often cited as one of the least developed countries in the Western Hemisphere, has reached – or nearly reached – several of the Millennium Development Goals ahead of the 2015 deadline, according to a report…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- It will cost Barbados a projected US$30 million to execute a reef rehabilitation project to save and protect the island’s coral reefs. Minister of the Environment and Drainage, Dr Denis Lowe, made this point…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Six police officers charged with setting a teenager on fire, were granted bail when they appeared in court on Wednesday. The six were charged with misbehaviour in public office by unlawfully and maliciously…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan will visit Trinidad on July 27 and 28 as part of a Latin American tour for talks with regional leaders. Abe will meet 14 regional heads in Trinidad to discuss ways to…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The first of a series of training sessions intended to heighten awareness of risk factors affecting mobile and migrant populations in Guyana was held in Georgetown on 24 and 25 June 2014. The participants of these…

Port of Spain (Trinidad Express) -- A father appeared in court Monday on 20 charges of sexually assaulting his 12 year old daughter between September 2013 and last week. The matter was heard before Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington…

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…