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Bridgetown, Barbados -- Former Barbados captain Kirk Edwards says he was shocked at the decision to expel him from the Barbados team for refusing to sign for match kits leading into the NAGICO Super50 tournament underway in Trinidad and…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Dr Alverston Bailey’s new book, ‘Sexplanations: A guide to discussing Sex & Sexuality in the Caribbean’ should play a significant role in helping Jamaicans to face sexual issues with an open mind, according to…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- The St Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB) has extended "heartfelt congratulations" to Nina Compton-Millar, on her proud representation in the final of the popular American reality TV show ‘Top Chef’ on Wednesday.…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Monday accepted the credentials of the new Australian High Commissioner, Ross William Tysoe, at a meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Simpson Miller…

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The Dominican Republic will present new legislation to Parliament on February 27 to address the Constitutional court ruling that denies citizenship to children of Haitian migrants in the Spanish-speaking…

Farmers at the Yallahs Agro-Park in St Thomas now have the benefit of a $395-million irrigation system which, it is hoped, will assist in boosting onion production. Chairman of the National Irrigation Commission Limited (NIC) Conrad…

Ocho Rios, St Ann -- Claudia Brown wiped tears from her eyes as she protested alongside her craft vendor colleagues in Ocho Rios on Thursday. A craft trader for over 20 years, Brown lamented that she is a single parent taking care of eight…

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says finance minister and the man who challenged her in a bruising contest for the leadership of the People's National Party (PNP), has her full support and that of the Cabinet. Asked if there was any…

A few years ago, students of Whitehall Primary School in St Thomas were labelled as rowdy and got into almost daily fights, but a staff initiative aimed at rewarding them for doing good deeds is helping to significantly curb behavioural…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Three District Constables were arrested and charged by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act after several sting operations were conducted between January 30 and February 1, the…

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- The Freeport main road in Montego Bay, St James, is currently being rehabilitated by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of $8 million. State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan,…

PORT OF SPAIN,Trinidad - Banking giant RBC Financial (Caribbean) Ltd is continuing to streamline its operations, this time sending home 20 employees from its Business Development Unit at a number of branches across the country. The layoffs…

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) -- Antigua and Barbuda's Attorney General, Justin Simon QC, remained in hospital late Saturday in stable condition after collapsing at a restaurant, an official source has said. Simon, said to be in his fifties,…

CASTRIES, St.Lucia - The appointment of Dr Gale Rigobert as the country’s new Leader of the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has now been confirmed. Dr. Rigobert was selected a week after Parliamentary Representative for Castries…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- William ‘Bunny Rugs’ Clarke former lead singer of the popular band Third World has died in a Miami hospital. Clarke who would have turned 66 on Thursday, February 6, had been in intensive care for some time. He missed…