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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – Trinidadian actor and bodybuilder, Brett Bengochea, died by drowning, while at a beach, east of here, on Saturday. The police report that Bengochea, 36, known for his role in ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – A High Court judge has said that Opposition Leader, Lennox Linton, “not only reported or repeated” allegations made against Dominica government ministers, but “he adopted and embellished what was alleged”. Last week High ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Sexual Awareness Month has been celebrated in Canada in the month of May since 1988, and throughout the entire 31 days, there is a heightened focus on sexual violence. Community organizations, agencies and individuals make ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 1, 2017 (CMC). – The police have tightened security in sections of West Kingston, following Sunday’s shooting of Leighton “Livity” Coke, the brother of jailed West Kingston former drug lord, Christopher “Dudus’ Coke. The police said that ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 1, 2017 (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says, fears by Caribbean countries that the opening up of United States-Cuba tourism could seriously impact the sector in the region, “may be misplaced”. In a Working Paper ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – Guyana’s President, David Granger, met with Queen Elizabeth II, last Thursday, at Windsor Castle, in a private meeting, during which he said discussions centered around the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC), a network of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it is “deeply concerned” at what it considers “to be a deeply flawed and undated report”, on the country’s ranking on the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, has called for an end to gun violence, and appealed to members of the prison service to put an end also to vengeance. Addressing the inaugural Prison’s ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – Nizam Mohammed, the son of a former police commissioner, was shot and killed, today, at his home in D’Abadie, east of here, police said. They said that Mohammed, the ...