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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The St. Vincent Cocoa Company, which last week abruptly announced that it is ending its operations here in August, will compensate farmers in lieu of the two years’ notice stipulated in the agreement with the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Eight members of the police force accused of refusing to cooperate with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) in a fatal double shooting incident, have been found guilty. The verdict was handed down in the Corporate ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur Friday announced his resignation as a member of the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which he led for 14 years.  On Friday, Arthur who led the BLP for 14 years as ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist, has praised Trinidad for the stance taken on free education. Malala, who arrived here last Sunday, said her ultimate goal is to ensure education is free. “I heard ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A new pre-paid billing system for electricity service will be available here by the end of the year. Light and power company, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says with the pre-paid billing system customers will be able ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An Appeal Court judge has put a temporarily hold on a lower court ruling that ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to make available the legal advice received on the award of a TT$5.5 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – National Security Minister Peter Bunting, said the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration is committed to transparency and accountability in the operations of the security forces. Bunting was responding to a statement on Friday from the international watchdog, ...

By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Japan and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping ended an historic first ever summit here on Monday exploring areas of cooperation that could further deepen their existing relationships. “We explored ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Chairman of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP), Jack Warner, has been ordered to pay the councillor of the Chaguanas Borough Corporation TT$220,000 (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) in damages for defamation. Earlier this ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Talbert McPherson, has begun serving the remaining 20 years of a 25-year prison sentence for raping an eight-year-old girl. The court, last week Friday, passed the sentence on the man, for the 2009 crime in the ...