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Robb returned as president of MoBay Chamber

Montego Bay, Jamaica -- Nathan Robb was returned as president of the influential Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) following elections at the Chambers Annual General Meeting Wednesday afternoon. Robb survived a challenge…

Suspect in killing of Haitian journalist held in Argentina

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Argentine authorities have arrested and detained Markington Philippe, a suspect in the killing, fourteen years ago, of Haiti's most famous journalist and political commentator, Jean Dominique, and of his…

Police hold two suspects in murder of mother, two sons

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – An angry crowd is now gathered at the Porus Police Station in Manchester after police held two suspects for questioning following a gruesome triple murder in the parish Tuesday morning. An inspector at the station…

Court delivers split rulings in Antigua-Barbuda election cases

St John’s, Antigua -- In separate rulings handed down on Monday, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge by the opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to the process of re-registration of voters in Antigua…

Five-day farewell for ANR Robinson begins today

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday begins the five-day process of saying a final farewell to its third president and prime minister, Arthur NR Robinson, who died on April 9 at the age of 87. President Anthony…

Dominica hosts OECS tourism ministers

ROSEAU, Dominica -- Tourism ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) sub-region met in Dominica last Thursday to discuss a number of tourism related issues now confronting the sector and identified joint solutions…

Two inmates escape from Horizon Remand Centre

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Two prisoners escaped from the Horizon Adult Remand Centre after they made their way through a vent and breached the walls of the facility this morning, the police have reported. The men are 18-year-old Casheen Peart,…

Guyanese private sector stalwart Ronald Webster dies

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -- The Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) in Guyana, Ronald Webster died at the Balwant Singh Hospital early Sunday where he was recuperating from a recent cancer surgery in Trinidad. In reacting to…

Anti-cancer screening lab to be launched at UWI

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Natural Products Institute will on Tuesday, April 29, launch its Anti-Cancer Screening Laboratory at the Biology Lecture Theatre at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus in Kingston. An advisory from the…

Caribbean cultural delegation for China

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – A cultural delegation from the Caribbean leaves Barbados on Sunday to participate in the Beijing Arts Festival. Chinese Ambassador to Barbados, Wang Ke, said that the artistes from Barbados will be among those…

Chikungunya virus recorded in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Less than 24 hours after St Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed an outbreak of the chikungunya virus, another Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is reporting its first case of the mosquito-borne disease.…

US threatens to pull aid to Haiti over late vote

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (AP) -- The US government has warned Haiti that it risks losing aid if it doesn't hold elections that are more than two years overdue. The US Embassy in Port-au-Prince said Thursday that none of the money set aside…