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HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — Bermuda’s ailing tourism industry suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday when the historic Fairmont Hamilton Princess, the island's second largest hotel, announced it had laid off at least 10 of its workers. Due to…

(OECS Secretariat, Castries Saint Lucia) The OECS Secretariat and USAID in a joint ceremony with the Ministry of Petite Martinique and Carriacou affairs brought the curtains down on restoration works undertaken to repair damage and rebuild…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Three policemen charged with the killing of a trainee at the Police Academy at Twickenham Park, St Catherine are to face the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s on Tuesday. The cops are charged for the January 30, 2013…

Castries, St. Lucia -- Four men are due to re-appear in court early next month charged with the murder of 62-year-old Roger Pratt, an English-born national, who along with his wife were attacked on their yacht in Vieux Fort, south of here…

St Andrew, Jamaica-- An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Samantha Swaby of Burke road, Rock Hall, St Andrew who has been missing since Saturday, January 25. She is of brown complexion, medium build and is about…

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…