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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…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Former Trinidad and Tobabgo Prime Minister Patrick Manning has stated that he is finished with electoral politics. “I have already said that when I am finished with this term of office, I am going to ride…

(CAB) The resilience of the regional banking sector to volatility in global financial markets and its contribution to stability, growth and development in the region, will come under scrutiny here next month. The adaptability of the…

(UVI) The University of the Virgin Islands will host the second annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education at 8 a.m. on Oct. 24-25, in the Administration and Conference Center first floor conference room on the St. Thomas…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidadians are voting in a Local Government election Monday following a bitter and acrimonious campaign reminiscent of a general election in this oil rich twin island republic. The latest opinion poll give…

Kingston, Jamaica - More than 170 Jamaicans will today be conferred with National Awards by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen at King's House in Kingston, as Jamaicans celebrate National Heroes' Day, a day in tribute to and reflection on…

Castries, St Lucia -- Following the government's decision to appoint Hippolyte Eustace Vitalis as Saint Lucia’s non-resident ambassador to PetroCaribe and the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA), the Lucian People's Movement (LPM)…

St. George’s, Grenada (CMC) – The Grenada government says the international community is willing to restructure the debt owed to it but insists that the island would have to make sacrifices. “We expect significant reduction in our debt…

Kingston, Jamaica – A policeman attached to the Traffic Department was stabbed last night while on duty in the Half Way Tree area of St Andrew. The policeman was stabbed three times in his back and once on his right hand. A person has been…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago was jolted Wednesday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 less than a week after the oil rich twin island republic was shaken by one with a 6.4 magnitude. The Trinidad-based Seismic…

Roseau -- The Dominica based OECS Export Development Unit (EDU) is to host a two-day workshop on Business Management for the Creative Industries Sector of the Economic Union in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines on Friday 18th and Saturday…

(OECS) Member States have made satisfactory progress on the implementation of six critical measures prescribed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that could help ensure a more consumer and investor friendly environment for clearing goods…