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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…

Roseau, Dominica -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Export Development Unit (EDU) is working along with entrepreneurs in the region on the next steps after undertaking a successful inaugural fact finding business mission…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

(CMC) -- Half-an-hour before she could celebrate her 28th birthday, Latoya Campbell Thompson was shot dead by her 31-year-old husband, Constable Davian Thompson, Saturday night. The shocking murder, committed at the couple's home in the…

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,…

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…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago government has announced the establishment of a National Security Special Operations Group to deal with criminal activities in the country. But National Security Minister Gary…

Nassau, Bahamas (AP) -- Police in the Bahamas are searching for suspects in the death of a British visitor who was killed during a home invasion robbery. Authorities say at least three masked intruders burst into the family's home on Grand…

Kingston, Jamaica -- After 11,386 votes 73 per cent of respondents in the Observer Online poll feel that entertainer Vybz Kartel should not be allowed to record and release songs while in prison. Kartel , whose real name is Adidja Palmer,…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling prohibiting Japan from whaling in the Antarctic Ocean, the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) has called on the government of Saint Lucia to apprise the nation of…

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) -- Cultural tourism in St James is expected to be significantly boosted with the opening of the newly developed a J$23 million Rastafari Indigenous Village, situated at Irwin in the parish. The attraction, which…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Government Friday announced plans to strengthen the gaming industry on the island saying it would be guided by three main principles. Finance Minister Larry Howai, tabling the Finance…