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Beach outing ends in highway crash, many injured

(CMC)-- A young man carries this injured woman from the minibus shortly after it crashed in St Mary yesterday afternoon. Beach outing ends in highway crash, many injured A beach outing turned into tragedy yesterday when a minibus crashed…

Bahamas detains 132 Haitian migrants at sea

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas have detained 132 Haitian migrants in a boat that broke down off a remote, sparsely populated island. Police Superintendent Stephen Dean says 107 males and 25 females were intercepted off…

Woman dies after learning great-nephew shot, killed

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A 65-year-old woman collapsed and died soon after she had been told that her 17-year-old great-nephew had been shot and killed in the volatile Laventille area, east of here. Relatives said that Marjorie…

Government to secure partner for port expansion this year

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The government expects to find a “suitable private partner” this fiscal year, to share the cost of the necessary improvements to Jamaica’s port infrastructure, to meet the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal…

Groundwork laid for initial PetroCaribe shipment to St Lucia

CASTRIES, St Lucia (GIS) -- Officials representing Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA) have provided positive feedback on a recent visit to Saint Lucia, in preparation for the initial stages of shipping fuel under the island’s PetroCaribe…

Trinidadian arrested in US on drug related charges

NEW YORK (CMC) – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says it arrested a Trinidad and Tobago national on drug related charges soon after his arrival early April at the John F. Kennedy International Airport. The…

Decrease in police fatalities, INDECOM says

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) says it has recorded a sharp decrease in security force-related fatalities for the first quarter of 2014. At the end of the first quarter, the Commission said it…

IMF to decide on Grenada program in early May

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to meet early next month to approve Grenada’s home grown structural adjustment program. The IMF official who will be chairing the meeting has asked Grenada’s…

LAC to discuss Flextime today

Kingston, Jamaica -- The newly tabled Flexible Working Arrangements (FWAs) bill is expected to be one of the main topics for discussion when the Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) meets this morning at the Ministry of Labour and Social…

St. Vincent police probe second murder within 48 hours

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Police are probing the second murder within a 48 hour period after the bullet riddled body of a 25-year-old man was found along the bank of a stream on Monday. Police said that the body of Roger Bramble was…

T&T police investigating weekend murders

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The murder toll in Trinidad and Tobago has climbed to 128 so far this year, as police investigate the murders of a young couple at a fruit stall in Valencia. Police said that Tristan Proudfoot and his wife,…

Guyana police find body of kidnapped businessman

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The police in Guyana confirmed that the body of a 40-year-old businessman who was kidnapped last weekend was found in a cemetery on Wednesday. Reports are that the body of Rajendra “Sunil” Singh, a car dealer,…

Holness calls for more assistance to basic schools

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has called for an increase in the support for basic schools and basic-school teachers across the island. Holness, who oversees the education portfolio, was speaking at Tuesday’s sitting…