Regional

CASTRIES, St.Lucia (CMC) – St Lucians will be paying less for electricity, as a result of a 2.6 cent reduction in the tariff for 2013. The country's sole provider, the St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) announced that the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The police are searching for the boyfriend of a woman who was beheaded in East Kingston early Sunday morning. The woman, identified as 34-year-old Karen Renford, was killed a few metres from her house off Mountain View…

Port Au Prince, Haiti -- The Haitian National Defence minister, Rodolphe Joazile, announced on Thursday that the new military force was now effective, with the launch of operations by its corps of engineers already busy building roads and…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) – The St Vincent and the Grenadines Government says it has stopped the payment of the salary of a New York-based diplomat, who had been recalled earlier this week after Kingstown indicated that he had been…

Jamaica (CMC) -- The normally sleepy town of Riversdale, St Catherine was jolted into shock and grief yesterday when the motor vehicle being driven by a 60-year-old man plunged more than 70 feet from the historic rail-less Natural Bridge…

Montego Bay, St James -- Concerns have been raised over the increasing number of people living on the streets of the resort town of Montego Bay. The most recent concerns were raised by Shirley Fray, Administrator Open Heart Charitable…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Opposition wants an update on the initiative to incorporate the use of computer tables in public schools. The request was included in questions tabled by the Opposition’s spokesman on Information Technology,…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller revealed in Parliament Tuesday afternoon that between 2012 and 2013, she embarked on 25 trips to deal with matters relating to the country's affairs. The Prime Minister said she took…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti is launching a programme to register its migrants who live without documentation abroad, including in the Dominican Republic, where thousands of people of Haitian origin are in danger of being left…

ST THOMAS, United States Virgin Islands (CMC) – The Caribbean is anticipating a three per cent increase in tourist arrivals in 2014, after recording a significant increase in overall arrivals last year. Chairman of the Barbados-based…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesperson on Youth Culture and Gender Affairs, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has expressed concerns about the manner in which Government has been treating the protection of Pinnacle, the site of the first…

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) -- A 25 year old medical student lost his life and his schoolmate is in stable condition following a motor vehicle accident on the St Jude’s Highway in the southern town of Vieux Fort on Saturday. Dead is Omotayo…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A new book on Globalisation, Trade and Economic Development: A Study of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, has been hailed as a valuable tool for governments and regional organisations seeking to advance…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Residents of Trench Town Kingston are to benefit from a Health Festival to be held at the Vin Lawrence Park, today, February 8. The festival, which forms part of a series of events to commemorate the birthday of…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (CMC ) -- Ireland beat Windward Island by 64 runs in their NAGICO Super 50 Zone A match at the Queen's Park Oval on Friday. SCORES: Ireland -- 179 all out (48.3 overs)  Niall O' Brien  44, Stuart Thompson 32, Max…