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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…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Government on Tuesday tabled the White Paper on “the Reform of the Public Sector Pension System”. The policy outlined in the White Paper represents a position that accords with some aspects of the report that was…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Tuesday said that for the first time, locally-acquired cases of chikungunya have been detected in the region. CARPHA said it had recently received…

SANDREA Falconer, the minister with responsibility for information, says she intends to lobby for an increase in the age of consent as one of the measures to counteract the country's high rate of teenage pregnancy, one of the highest in the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Tessanne Chin is again in the number one spot on the USA's iTunes top 100 songs chart. Her performance of Whitney Houston's ‘I have nothing’ on The Voice Monday night sits atop the hugely competitive chart. In fact,…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica’s House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to combat the establishment of unlawful financial organisations commonly known as Ponzi or pyramid schemes. Minister of finance and planning, Dr…

Port Of Spain, Trinidad -- UK resident Joromie Lewis, 33, has died after reportedly drinking a pear drink manufactured in Trinidad. UK police sources said the drink contained a lethal amount of cocaine. Lewis, of Gosport, Hampshire, fell…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the government of Barbados convened a meeting on the financial services sector in CARIFORUM on Monday. The meeting of ministers with…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Agriculture Alfred Gray said on Tuesday he wants public hangings in The Bahamas. Gray also said the invasion of the home of acting prime minister Philip Brave Davis shows that the country’s leaders need…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The number of registered handcart operators in the Corporate Area now stands at more than 600, Kingston Mayor Angela Brown Burke says. Brown Burke made the announcement Tuesday while speaking at the monthly Kingston…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas National Security Minister Dr Bernard J Nottage says law enforcement officials are hoping for an “early resolution” in their investigations after armed bandits stormed the home of Acting Prime Minister…

Kingston, Jamaica-- Tessanne Chin was the first contestant to advance to the final round of NBC's The Voice competition Tuesday night. Chin's passionate rendition of 'Bridge over Troubled Water' Monday night maintained the top spot on the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Cocaine weighing 362 kilograms with an estimated street value of J$494 million was seized at the Kingston Container Terminal at Port Bustamante Saturday morning. No one was arrested in connection with the seizure, the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller left the island Saturday to attend the memorial service of the late Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, to be held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on December 10th.…