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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,…

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,…