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ST JOHN’S, Antigua- Within another month or so, retired Justice of Appeal Albert Redhead will be joining the bench in Antigua to help reduce the backlog of criminal High Court cases. The Grenadian-born, who left the appellate court in…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Police are investigating the murder of a German who was shot and killed at his home on Tuesday. They said Horst Scherping, 63, was found with a single gunshot wound to his head, while his wife, whose name was not…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Former Chairman of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) and President of the Jamaica Boxing Board, C Lloyd Allen has died, OBSERVER ONLINE has learned. Details surrounding Allen’s passing are unconfirmed at this time.…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has extended by 18 days, the deadline for laying off public servants following talks with labour unions on Monday. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said the delay would allow the Ministry…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) – Grenadian authorities were clamping down on the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages at school functions amid reports that students were concealing them in bottles which carry other labels. In addition,…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — For decades, the baying of hounds and a cacophony of shotgun blasts echoed across the hinterlands of northern Trinidad, where hunters chased deer, armadillo and agouti, a cat-sized rodent. But since October,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Lottery Scam Taskforce on Monday secured its first conviction in the Circuit Court after 21-year-old Marlon Davis of Grange Pen, Lilliput in St James, who was arrested for breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Police were on Tuesday searching for the killers of two men, who were murdered on Monday, the first killings the island reported for the new year. Police public relations officer, Inspector John Carbon, said that…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, has reiterated the Community’s call on the Dominican Republic to take steps to “right the wrong” resulting from a ruling on nationality made by…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said at the weekend that, under the leadership of President Michel Martelly, his government has made tangible progress in the areas of reconstruction, agriculture,…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Owners of several funeral homes downtown Kingston are fearing the worst after their colleague Jennifer Hardy Edwards went missing on Monday. Parlour owners gathered outside a funeral home Friday awaiting the outcome of…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Usain Bolt and Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce were awarded the RJR Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year titles Friday night at the 53rd staging of the event held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Bolt: World record…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A small plane has crashed in the South American country of Guyana, injuring three people. Civil aviation chief Zulfikar Mohamed says the Cessna 206 crashed Saturday while taking off from a small airport near the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)- - Former West Indies Cricket captain Brian Lara is to compete for a place on Trinidad and Tobago’s national team for the upcoming Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship (CAGC) in Puerto Rico. Lara is down to…

ST THOMAS, Jamaica — An elderly woman died after fire of unknown origin destroyed her house on Dominique Drive, Retreat in St Thomas Thursday morning. She has been identified as 76-year-old Nydia Johnson, otherwise known as ‘Millicent’.…