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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…

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.…

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…

Castries, St. Lucia (CMC) -- A former health minister has spoken out against decriminalising marijuana warning the measure could have many negative health and social consequences for St Lucia. “Traditionally we have a very poor record of…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Experts working on international water projects across Latin America and the Caribbean, along with implementing agencies and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, will today wrap up a three-day workshop in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Pro vice chancellor and principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald, says that regional universities must play a role in establishing “full and complete” appreciation of the…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The future of the Caribbean’s conch and lobster fisheries remains under threat despite regional efforts to protect it, regional fisheries officials said Wednesday. The issue is at the top of the agenda of the 12th…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The case between Access Financial Services CEO, Marcus James, and directors of the loan company has been adjourned until next week Wednesday. Access Financial directors Christopher Berry, Gary Peart and Brian Goldson,…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) has cautioned the people of Saint Lucia over the government’s latest proposals aimed at wooing foreign investors, presented in the Tourism Stimulus and Investment Bill in the House of…

ST JAMES, Jamaica -- Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Roger Clarke has disclosed that a unit to tackle praedial larceny will be established by the Jamaica Constabulary Force soon. Clarke said more details of the proposed unit will be…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- On Sunday, finance and economy minister, Larry Howai, confirmed that Moody's Investors Services has reaffirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s Baa1 (medium grade/moderate credit risk) sovereign credit rating based on…

(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…

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…

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…

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…