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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – A world-renowned clinic in Haiti that has become a leader in global health leading the fight against HIV/AIDS has won a top global health prize. The Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi’s Sarcoma and…

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says his government will seek to “escalate the war on crime” after gunmen over the weekend shot and killed four people during a drive-by shooting. Prime Minister Christie in a…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Come 2014, the government of Jamaica will be strengthening its crime prevention strategies, by focusing on community policing and other measures outlined in the national crime prevention and community safety…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Nine months after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that The Bahamas government must “accelerate” the liquidation process, the government has been urged to bring a resolution to the CLICO (Bahamas) case as it…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of some US$30.8 million (SDR 19.97 million) for Jamaica. The allocation follows Wednesday’s completion of the second review…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013 surpassing the previous highest level of 455, 918 ounces in 2001; which included the declarations of both Omai and…

Willemstad, Curacao -- Two of the four suspects charged with the murder of Curacao politician Helmin Wiels, who was shot dead on May 5, have denied having anything to do with the murder. “I’m innocent; I have nothing to do with it. I have…

Caracas, Venezuela (HCNN) -- The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic agreed on Tuesday to set up a joint commission to discuss and find a final solution to the migration problem caused by a recent Dominican Constitutional court…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago economy is now projected to grow by 1.5 per cent this year as against earlier predictions of 2.5 per cent, the Central Bank has said. It said that the local economy had grown by 1.3…

(Barbados) - A Caribbean hotelier has issued a call for strengthening the hotel sector's ties to local food producers. Such local linkages asserted Barbadian hotelier Ralph Taylor generate several benefits: "First, tourists want to savor…

Bridgetown, Barbados --The Board of Directors of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. David Ritch as its new non-executive Chairman. The appointment took effect from 13th December 2013. An…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has given Barbados an assurance that the government will not “sit down and by the elegant flourish of a pen or pencil throw people’s lives into disorder”. Stuart’s comments came…

Paramaribo, Suriname -- There has been no official word yet from the Suriname government in response to the revelation that Guyana has granted permission for a geological and geographical survey (PGGS) that includes a clause guaranting a…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will next month celebrate its 25th anniversary amidst a call for the region to be promoted as a single destination. CTO Chairman, Beverly Nicholson Doty,…

Kingston, Jamaica — There was pandemonium across the Corporate Area Tuesday night as Jamaicans celebrated widely following Tessanne Chin’s victory in The Voice. Chin defeated her strongest rivals Jacquie Lee and Will Champlin to capture…