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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites says that the subsidy to early childhood educators will be increased by 15 per cent this year. Thwaites made the disclosure during his presentation in the Sectoral Debate Wednesday…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Lawrence Williams died Wednesday less than 24 hour after he was admitted to the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon confirmed that Williams who was…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad -- Closures of hotels and cruise ports due to outbreaks of communicable diseases, environmental challenges like climate change, and poor health and wellness in the tourism workforce, can result in significant losses…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described the recent sixth summit of heads of state and government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as “exceeding the expectations of those attending”.…

Roseau, Dominica -- Lennox Linton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in Dominica, said he is appalled at Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s comments at the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) convention on Monday. Linton said,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Phillip Paulwell has announced that University of Technology President, Professor Errol Morrison is to be made Jamaica’s Science and Technology Czar. Morrison has been…

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba says it foiled a terrorist plot by Cuban exiles to attack military facilities on the island and has arrested four U.S. residents, Cuban officials said Wednesday. According to an Interior Ministry statement, the…

ST JAMES, Jamaica – Helping journalist  Huntley Medley prepare for his mother's funeral some three weeks ago Simone Grossett wouldn't have thought that her family would now be arranging her burial. Allegedly stabbed to death by her…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- According to British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, a prominent hotelier recently murdered in Saint Lucia may have been caught up in a money-laundering scheme that cost him his life. Friends of millionaire Oliver…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial was yesterday adjourned to next Monday, after a member of the prosecuting team broke down and cried. Presiding Judge Malcolm Holdip decided it would have been too difficult…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman, who thought she was purchasing chicken and cooking oil recently, instead ended up with a box of stones, a bottle of water, and $5,000 out of pocket. The shifty 'salesman' is to be sentenced on May 21, having…

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states are mapping out a legal and strategic plan of action that is designed to persuade slave-trading European nations to “come to the table” and begin the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition Leader Andrew Holness responding to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell’s controversial handling of the bidding process for a 381 MW plant, has written to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller imploring her to…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Preliminary figures have provided evidence of a significant economic slowdown in The Bahamas last year, showing that real growth in gross domestic product (GDP) missed earlier projections and fell to just under 0.7…