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St George's, Grenada -- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell will announce a reduction in the tax threshold at which personal income tax becomes payable when he delivers an address to the nation on Wednesday night. Currently,…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The ministry of health has implemented a five-year strategic plan aimed at tackling the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Jamaica. Portfolio minister, Dr Fenton Ferguson, said the plan will…

(CARICOM Secretariat) Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana -- Twenty Trinidadian youngsters learned how animation principles can be used to create animated stories about their life and how they perceive their future. Squash and stretch,…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Miss Dea Thomas, a student of Ardenne High School in Jamaica is the 2013 winner of the Dennis Irvine Award, the symbol of academic excellence at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Dea becomes the…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Public servants in St Vincent will benefit from a tax free salary increase of 1.5 per cent when they are paid this week. The money is half of the three per cent salary increase owed to them since January 2011.…

Cuba -- A delegation from the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is visiting The Republic of Cuba. The members of this delegation include Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Earl Asim Martin, Foreign Minister, the Honourable Patrice…

St George's, Grenada (AP) — US veterans are joining residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a US invasion. The October 1983 operation was dubbed "Urgent Fury" and claimed some 100 lives as US…

St James, Jamaica -- Two men are now dead following gun attacks minutes apart in their community of Mount Carey, Anchovy in St James, Thursday night. Though the police have not linked the two incidents, Observer Online has learned that the…

(SCSCB) Kingston, Jamaica – On October 11 2013 the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), the largest single organization devoted to wildlife conservation in the Caribbean, announced the renaming of the…

Roseau, Dominica – The Council of Ministers of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will hold its twenty-eighth (28th) regular Meeting in Dominica from Thursday October 24th to Friday October 25th 2013 at the Rejens…

Port 0f Spain, Trinidad (CMC) — Police say two 16-year-old suspects were assisting their investigation after the body of a 17-year-old boy was found in a shallow grave in Maracas Bay, north east of Port of Spain on Wednesday. Police said a…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's parliamentary leaders and lawyers escaped on Wednesday from the prosecutor's office with an arrested activist, Andre Michel, who is the subject of an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement in the…

Kingstown, St Vincent (WINN) -- Vincentian lawyer Kay Bacchus Browne has provided another endorsement of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. She said the justices involved get the job done despite having a heavy workload. Bacchus-Browne…

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica -- The Black River Police say they seized 120 pounds of cured ganja in the Round Hill district, Mountainside in St Elizabeth on Tuesday. According to the lawmen, they were on an operation about 7:00 am when a hut was…

DOHA, Qatar CMC – Jamaica’s top female swimmer Alia Atkinson continued her FINA Swimming World Cup campaign with a victory at the Hamad Aquatic Centre on Sunday. Atkinson, who entered the final with the fourth fastest time of 1:07.70 from…