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Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- Outgoing Local Government and Regional Development Minister Ganga Persaud has denied media reports that he tendered his resignation from the Guyana government because of allegations of sexual misconduct. “I wish…

Kingstown, St. Vincent (CMC) -- Former national youth footballer Fitz-Allan Bramble died in hospital after being shot on Monday night, according to police. Head of the Criminal Investigations Unit, Assistant Superintendent of Police,…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominica will join Caribbean neighbour Jamaica at next month’s Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Media reports state that a husband-wife ski team will represent Dominica at the 2014 Games scheduled from…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Ziggy Marley won his second solo Best Reggae Album Grammy Sunday for his live In Concert set. The 14-track album, recorded on Marley's 2012 world tour, got the nod over Sly and Robbie and the Jam Masters’ Reggae…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The police here are investigating the circumstances surrounding Sunday’s murder of well known fashion designer, Trevor Rose. The police report that Rose and a female companion were heading up the East Bank…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has broken her silence on the multimillion-dollar drug bust in the United States that allegedly involves products from a leading manufacturer in Trinidad and Tobago.…

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) -- Ousted St Lucian Opposition leader, Stephenson King, says he feels betrayed but nevertheless humbled and inspired by the level of support from the public. On Thursday, one day after he was voted out of office by…

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) -- The manager of a St Vincent radio station which last year paid Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves EC$206,000 for defamation, has apologised to him for a news item aired on the station on January 17. Manager of…

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- The St Catherine South Police have named 24-year-old Andre Love of Portmore Terrace, St Catherine as wanted. He is wanted in connection with the double murder of Franklin Robinson and Dane Cross in Washington Mews,…

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Britain has given Dominica its stamp of approval to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the island's final court of appeal. On Thursday, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit disclosed that he received a…

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada has thrown cold water on plans to decriminalise marijuana insisting that the cultivation and use of the drug on the island were illegal. “Government’s position on this issue is very clear. The…

NASSAU, Bahamas– Bahamians have been told that they cannot continue to “bury their heads in the sand’ and must deal with incidents of domestic violence. “To put it bluntly, many of the young males paraded before the courts today charged…

The Child Adoption Board has expressed fear that "current inefficiencies in the system may be promoting the persistence of private arrangements" where parents illegally "give away" their children for the prospect of a better life.…

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has adopted a position on an International Cricket Council (ICC) proposal that would put power in international cricket in the hands of India, England and Australia. The…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Robert Pickersgill, will give an update today (Thursday, January 23) on the three-year climate change project in Cedar Valley, St Thomas, aimed at boosting the…