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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.…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- A teenager succumbed to his injures only hours after his father set fire to the family house in Gasparillo, a town south of here. Seventeen-year-old Jelani Joseph died on Saturday following a fire set by…

Castries, St. Lucia (CMC) – Police said a 12-year-old secondary school student, whose body was found on the floor of his room last week, died from cardiac arrest. They said an autopsy had been carried out on the body of Kenichi Henry, a…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Police in the Corporate Area and St Catherine seized two firearms and several rounds of ammunition in three separate incidents over the weekend into Monday morning. On Saturday, December 7 several rounds of ammunition…

Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has moved one step forward in its mission to provide strategic direction in analyzing, defining and responding to public health priorities of the Caribbean Community…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- Monday proved to be a significant day in the parliament of St Vincent and the Grenadines, with the successful passage of the Witness (Special Measures) Bill 2013. Minster of legal affairs and prime minister, Dr…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica’s minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson, and his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Winston Dookeran, have vowed to find mutually beneficial solutions to the current…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition Spokesman on Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, is expected to open debate today December 3 on his Private Member’s Motion to have a comprehensive report on the Jamaica Emergency Employment…

St. John’s, Antigua (CMC) – The regional airline, LIAT, which came under heavy public criticism over its summer schedule, Monday sought to re-assure the travelling public that it would do everything possible to ensure that their journeys…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The murder trial of Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel continues this morning in the Home Circuit court. Yesterday lawyers suggested that key prosecution witness made up the murder story because he was never inside the…

Port Of Spain, Trinidad -- A civil society group in Trinidad and Tobago has described as “social genocide” the recent court ruling in the Dominican Republic, which has left over 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent potentially stateless.…