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ST MARY, Jamaica — Former Jamaican boxer Stanley Campbell is dead. Campbell, who boxed under the name ‘Kid Bassey’ died after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday morning. He died at the Port Maria Hospital while plans were being made for…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The current leader of the opposition, Dr Keith Rowley, played a significant role in the fall of the previous administration of his party -- the People's National Movement (PNM) -- both because of “his silence and…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval on Monday. The Black Caps have made one change to their XI from the first Test,…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- The police have reported the seizure of a 9mm pistol and 64 rounds of ammunition on Sunday in Portmore, St Catherine. Three people were taken into custody in connection with the seizure which occurred about 5:20pm,…

Castries, St Lucia -- In commenting on the outcome of last Thursday’s general election results in Antigua and Barbuda, the leader of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM), Therold Prudent, said that regional constitutions should be changed to…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Since the alert for the chikungunya disease began some weeks ago, the ministry of health in Guyana has sent over 1,000 samples to be tested at the regional laboratory run by Caribbean Public Health Agency…

ST MARY, Jamaica -- Headley Coleman, a 69-year-old labourer of Alleppo Heights, St Mary has been arrested and charged for the murder of 70-year-old Denzil Dill, a barber of also of Alleppo Heights, St Mary. Dill’s body was discovered with…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - - At least 14 Virgin Airline employees based in the Caribbean will soon lose their jobs. The airline said Thursday that the job losses will be as a result of consolidation of its Caribbean operations into its…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) to a crushing victory in the general elections held on Thursday and has pledged to make the island an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean during his…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Government is reporting that it has undertaken a number of preparatory activities, as it readies for the roll out of the J$1.4 billion Tablets in Schools pilot project for the new academic year. State…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Health officials are faced with what has been described as a major battle in the fight against Chikungunya owing to what they say is a reluctance of Dominicans to accept that the disease is transmitted by…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Passage of the Banking Services Act has paved the way for commercial banks and other deposit taking institutions to begin using agents to offer banking services to the Jamaican population. Minister of State in…

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- Antigua and Barbudans are voting Thursday to elect a new government. The 164 polling stations opened at 6:00 am (local time) and will close 12 hours later. Electoral officials said that 47, 721 people are…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's President Michel Martelly confirmed on Tuesday the holding of the first round of crucial legislative elections on October 26 of this year, following a series of talks that allowed political…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- An audit of government accounts in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has revealed what appears to be serious deficiencies in accountability, proper procedures, compliance and transparency within the public sector,…