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Castries, St Lucia -- In an address to the nation on Tuesday, prime minister and minister for finance and economic affairs, Dr Kenny Anthony, highlighted the gravity of Saint Lucia's economic position and disclosed government's proposal to…

TRINIDAD EXPRESS -- Despite the police’s claim that 15-year-old Tevin Alexander was brandishing a firearm when he was shot and killed by lawmen on Monday afternoon, pupils of Belmont Secondary School yesterday said they could not bring…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana and St Vincent and the Grenadines have began talks aimed at formalising a joint initiative to market the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries as a common tourism package. A government statement said…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AMCHAM) in conjunction with ADS Global is to formally launch what they call a “game-changing” international ‘Amcham Rewards’ on June 18 in Kingston. “Given the challenging…

PORTLAND, Jamaica – Fifty-year-old Junior Johnson, a contractor of Harbour Heights in St Andrew, on Sunday became the second drowning victim in Portland within a week. Johnson drowned at Panton’s Hope where he went swimming and encountered…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- With some $28 million owed to the Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF), Barbados minister of education, science, technology and innovation, Ronald Jones, told defaulters at a press conference on Friday: pay back…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson says that the Government will continue to implement key strategies that will ultimately result in a 25 per cent reduction in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 2025. “We…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington is Friday morning commending police officers who were involved in Thursday’s capture of wanted man Ryan Brembridge, also known as ‘Little Blacks’. Brembridge, who was on the…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The European Union is has expressed concern about challenges and threats facing the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In a message to mark World Environment Day on Thursday,…

UNITED NATIONS, (CMC) — St Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica have ratified the new Arms Trade Treaty as the Caribbean seeks to play an historic role in helping end the irresponsible, lethal global US$85 billion trade in small arms and…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has assured the nation that better days are coming because the international community has bought into Grenada’s Home Grown Program. He told a constituency forum last week that the…

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica — The St Ann police were kept busy over the weekend with four murders in the north coast parish. All four murders were committed in communities under the Ocho Rios police command. The first victim, Courtney Edwards, a…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Fifteen-year-old Jamal Brathwaite and his nine-year-old brother Jadel Holder were murdered execution style on Sunday in Morvant, Trinidad, by gunmen who fired one shot to the back of the head of each of the boys;…

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- Government interference in the running of the Guyana Cricket Board has forced the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to scrap the National Stadium at Providence as the venue for the third Test against New Zealand…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Acting Public Defender, Matondo Mukulu says that total of 657 of 800 outstanding cases have been resolved by his team, since he assumed office in April this year. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service…