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Roseau, Dominica (WINN) -- The Dominica Parliament has approved the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the island’s final court. The parliament late on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the constitution to facilitate the move. Only elected…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Leaders in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago greeted Muslims at the onset of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting from sunrise to sunset, which began on Sunday in the Caribbean. Ramadan coverage in Muslim…

KINGSTON, Jamaica— An elderly man reportedly chopped and injured his disabled brother Sunday morning before committing suicide in Red Gate district, Whitehouse, Westmoreland. Reports are that around 11:00 am 68-year-old Lascelles Grant,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados Trade, Industry and Commerce Minister, Donville Inniss, has compared the current trade issue with the United States over rum to the banana struggle of the 90s, and criticised regional leaders for lack…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Former Antigua prime minister, Lester Bird, 76, was sworn in as a senior minister in the new Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) administration Friday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne indicating that his…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —– Trade union leaders in Trinidad Friday led workers in a candle light march around the Office of the Prime Minister in protest of what they claim to be bad governance and corruption within the coalition…

NASSAU, Bahamas — A 24-year-old woman was on Wednesday (June 25) sentenced in The Bahamas to 15 years in prison for forcing two Jamaican women into the sex trade. According to media reports, Chevaneese Sasha Gay Hall, who is also a…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Law enforcement authorities say they have intercepted a vessel originating from Jamaica with more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana worth more than EC$30 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents). A statement from the…

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC)-- Four people have been arrested and released on bail in Britain in connection with an investigation into theft from a Bermuda government department and money laundering. According to a report in the Bermuda Sun,…

KINGSTON, Jamaica--A third policeman has been arrested in connection with a robbery/abduction, which allegedly occurred in Denham Town, Kingston 14 on Sunday, June 22. The cop was picked up at his home Wednesday evening by a team from the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisations wishing to employ individuals with trained-teacher qualification now have access to a database containing over 800 resumes, the Ministry of Education has reported The web application at…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- President Raul Castro headed a meeting of Cuba's Council of Ministers last Saturday in which he called for deeper analysis of the challenges that continue to affect the country’s economic growth. "We have a huge…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government is to undertake an expansion of the Wigton Windfarm in Rose Hill, Manchester, which is projected to reduce the importation of oil by some 37,100 barrels and save approximately J$400 million. Making the…

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…