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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’.…

ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The police a short while ago issued an advisory urging members of the public to use alternative routes of Old Hope Road or Gordon Boulevard in Kingston 6 as a section of Mona Road is now impassable. Earlier today a gas…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, said Friday it would hold talks with the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) after it had been slapped with a notice of penalty in connection with an…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesman on Agriculture and Fisheries, J C Hutchinson, says that the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) must play an important role in the development of the Agro Parks, if the programme is to…

(CMC) The coalition People’s Partnership government Tuesday announced an all out attack on criminal elements in Trinidad and Tobago as the island recorded its 19th murder in just seven days. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, speaking…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Turks and Caicos SUN on Tuesday reported that former premier Michael Misick was denied bail by the Magistrate’s Court in Grand Turk. The newspaper reported that an appeal is to be lodged by his lawyers in the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Minister of National Diversity and Social Integration, Rodger Samuel Monday called for the resumption of hangings as Trinidad and Tobago recorded its 14th murder so far this year. Last year, more than 400…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda will host the fourth Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase featuring 22 films from 16 Caribbean countries. The January 10 to12 film festival is sponsored by the Cuban Institute of Film Art and…

ST MARY, Jamaica — Ninth-grade Marymount High School student Abigail Hyman fainted at her school in Highgate, St Mary, Monday and was taken to health centre where she reportedly died of a heart attack. In a release a short while ago, the…