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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…

(CMC)-- CLAD in a white suit, with his alma mater Calabar High School jersey and tie, Vybz Kartel was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the August 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Campbell in the Supreme Court in downtown Kingston…

(CMC)-- IT'S double grief for the family of singer Wayne 'Sleng Teng' Smith. One month after his death, they are mourning the loss of his older brother who was killed on Tuesday. Police report that 51-year-old Carl Williams, a dental…

Havana, Cuba (ACN) -- The United States spent over one and a half million dollars in a so-called ZunZuneo social network aimed at promoting a regime change in Cuba, financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The…

Castries, St. Lucia (CMC) -- Members of the St Lucia Fire Service Association (SLFSA) have voted in favour of industrial action as they seek to get the authorities to pay attention to a number of outstanding grievances. ALFSA president…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Police have held up the burial of evangelical pastor Vishnu “Kitty” Lutchmansingh, 54, who shot and killed himself earlier this week. Head of the Central Division, Superintendent Johnny Abraham, said the…

Kingston, Jamaica  -- Governor General Sir Patrick Allen in presenting his Throne speech in Gordon House Thursday, April 3, said that the Jamaican economy is stronger than it was one year ago, evidenced by three consecutive quarters of…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Over 50 secondary school teachers in Barbados stand to benefit from a series of workshops to be hosted by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and UK-based publisher Nelson Thornes on 7 and 8 April 2014 in…

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- On Wednesday, at the conclusion of a speech that laid out the reasons the current and proposed tax regime of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government was sure to cause the people to become…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuba and Russia have agreed to enhance collaboration in the fight against crime. The two countries have pledged to strengthen cooperation in cracking down on crime and also discussed ways to deepen cooperation in this…

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia has confirmed its first case of Chikungunya, a mosquito borne disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same vector of dengue fever. Persons infected with the virus present symptoms after three…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The prime minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie, has again come to the defence of international financial centres (IFCs) in the Caribbean, stating that the regimes are far more robust than the ones that exist in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The motor vehicle examiner and two other men who were arrested in Kingston and St Thomas on Friday, March 28 were granted bail when they appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Tuesday, April 1. The three,…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Police in The Bahamas could face renewed scrutiny over their crime reporting as the United States embassy has again made public a crime that happened in the country that the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) failed to…