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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – The Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) Wednesday said it as pleased with the response of its members to the first wave of protest action to force the Keith Mitchell government to pay arrears to public servants.…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Bahamas Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said on Wednesday that a person’s sexual preference should be irrelevant to whether he or she should be elected to public office. Mitchell made the statement…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition today walked out of the House of Representatives after the Government refused to give a commitment to remove attorney-at-law Velma Hylton from the Commission selected to inquire into the Tivoli Gardens…

ST ANDREW, Jamaica — His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, and Her Royal Highness, the Countess of Wessex on Tuesday visited the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) headquarters at Up Park Camp in St Andrew. The tour formed part…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Forty-four-year-old Donovan Collins, of Headley Avenue, Kingston 20 has been missing since February 28. He is of brown complexion, slim build and is about six-feet-tall tall. The Duhaney Park Police said Collins was…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex arrived in the island Sunday (March 2), for a four-day working visit. They were met on arrival at the Norman Manley…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Supporters of two-time President Jean-Bertrand Aristide rallied in the Haitian capital on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of his second ouster. The largely male crowd reached about 2,000 as it passed…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — IRIE FM radio has reported that its CEO and managing director Chad Young died at his St Ann home today (Thursday, February 27) at age 27. Young’s death follows a brief illness. Young took over management and control of…

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- The body of a 15-year-old girl was found in a house in her community of St Johns Road, St Catherine on Wednesday night. Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that the girl's body was discovered about 7:30 pm by…

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) -- A new police post, built at a cost of  J$12 million,  was opened Wednesday (February 26), in The Meadows of Irwin, St James. The Meadows of Irwin is a private housing development with approximately 800 housing…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – More than two decades after renowned academic Dr Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb, a three-member Commission has been appointed to probe his death. The Commission is headed by Barbadian jurist Sir Richard…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The government has cut the 2013/14 budget by J$21 billion. This was indicated in the first Supplementary Estimates which were tabled in Gordon House Tuesday afternoon. The cut was much more than the J$12 billion to…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- The Dominica Government has broken its silence regarding the deportation of a Jamaican dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta, saying the action had been taken in the interest of public safety. The singer and two…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- UNAIDS Caribbean said Monday that eight regional countries have finalised specific strategies aimed at strengthening their HIV programmes by making them more responsive to human rights. It said that the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna on Monday praised the "selfless" contribution to nation building made by National Hero Sir Alexander Bustamante. In her presentation at the Floral Tribute at the National Heroes…