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Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago government says the island’s police service is being twinned with the New York Police Department (NYPD). A statement from the Ministry of National Security said that in an effort to…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A couple was robbed of more than US$20 000 and other valuables about 1:00 Tuesday morning, June 24 in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports from the police are that the two foreigners arrived at a property in Spanish…

TRINIDAD (Trinidad Express) -- Petrina Salandy, 39, was walking home holding her five-month-old baby, Kayla, in her arms with three of her other children in tow when snipers hidden in the nearby hills opened fire in Port of Spain yesterday.…

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have reported that 78-year-old Arthur Bramwell of Coffee Crescent, Kingston 11 has been missing since Sunday, June 22. Bramwell is of dark complexion, medium build and is about 5-feet-8-inches tall. Reports…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) -- Police have charged a 32-year-old British man with murdering his wife, after her decomposing body was recovered from a shallow grave on Friday. Police said that Alexander Clarke has been charged with…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, says the money owed to Jamaican, Shanique Myrie, stemming from a ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling has been paid, but the woman says she…

Kingston, Jamaica – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$70.9 million to Jamaica confirming that the island has passed the latest review. The confirmation in a statement from the…

San Cristobal, Dominican Republic -- Jamaica's senior Reggae Girlz made a sparkling re-entry to football on Friday, demolishing St Lucia 14-0 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifier here at the Estadio Panamericano. The Jamaicans…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on Thursday, said that for Guyana, a Financial Action Task Force (FATF) compliant anti-money laundering…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Corporate Area-based traditional Jamaican high schools continued to dominate the list of top 10 feeder schools to the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona Campus, according to the 2012/2013 report from the Mona…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) today announced that the Fort Clarence Beach in St Catherine will be opened to the public for longer hours during the summer. The corporation said that the beach will be…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Six murders involving the use of firearms this year have Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, vowing to crackdown on people trying to smuggle guns into the country. On Monday, Brathwaite said as of the end of…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A lord justice of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Monday described as “completely extraordinary” the Bahamas government’s decision to grant a permit for an “expanded” dredging project to take place off…

Castries, St Lucia (GIS) -- On Thursday, the government of Saint Lucia will host the first meeting of a high-level CARICOM task force on sustainable development. Saint Lucia’s minister for public service, sustainable development, energy,…

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…