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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Integrity Commission has confirmed it has initiated an investigation into former national security minister, Austin “Jack” Warner, regarding allegations of fraud relating to his role as president of the Confederation of North, Central ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government is accusing Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Rowley, of seeking to score cheap political points after he said the government was facing a multi-million dollar claim as a result of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The origin of a video that is being circulated on mobile devices is now at the centre of an investigation by the police force. The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), which ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says six Caribbean countries are among 63 countries worldwide that are eligible to participate in two visa programs this year. The H-2A and H-2B Visa programs allow US ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – St. Lucia and Mexico are seeking to develop closer ties and improve relations. This was revealed by the new Ambassador of Mexico, Luis Manuel López Moreno, who recently presented his letters of credence to Governor ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – An 18-year-old mechanic has been remanded into custody after he appeared in court on Friday charged with having sex with his younger sister and attempting to have sex with his 44-year-old mother. Senior Magistrate, ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has presented an EC$874.8 million tax free budget to Parliament announcing also a reduction in the rate of personal income tax and the payment of outstanding arrears to public servants. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – A group of lecturers from the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has taken issue with the findings of a survey that the majority of inmates in adult prisons in Jamaica had ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Outgoing Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Ganga Persaud, has denied media reports that he tendered his resignation from the Guyana government because of allegations of sexual misconduct. “I wish to make it abundantly and unequivocally ...

By Rupert Johnson Poverty is not a recent phenomenon. It has been a global scourge for thousands of years, but its pandemic effects in today’s worldwide society is unprecedented. There is no doubt that poverty is spreading across the globe ...