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By Peter Richards CMC Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders held “varied and robust views” on the ongoing political situation in Venezuela, during a three-hour meeting, yesterday. No official statement ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has described as “one of the vilest attacks on our young women”, the murder of 17-year-old school girl, Micholle Moltan, reportedly, because she refused to give into sexual demands ...

MIAMI, Florida August 9, 2017 (CMC) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says it is partnering with travel associations around the world to strengthen the tourism sector in the region. CHTA President, Karolin Troubetzkoy, said that under the ...

MONTREAL, Canada, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Haiti says it is prepared to accept its nationals if they are not accepted by Canada, as two ministers, including Foreign Affairs, Minister Antonio Rodrigue, arrived here for talks with Canadian officials, following ...

By Garwin Davis Contributing Writer MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica August 9, 2017 — Internationally acclaimed reggae superstar, Jimmy Cliff, was, on Sunday, handed the Key to the City of Montego Bay. In front of scores of well-wishers, Cliff, who will forever ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – The United States Embassy, here, said it had been collaborating with the Barbados police in a two year investigation of a Barbadian fugitive, accused of defrauding elderly nationals of US$130,000. Hainsley Browne was ...

NEW YORK, New York August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Caribbean-American legislators are calling for a probe into the July 31 fatal shooting of an emotionally disturbed Guyanese national by a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, as outrage intensifies in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Jamaica has recorded 893 murders since the start of the year, with June being the month with the highest number of killings, according to official figures released here. The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – A 51-year-old grandmother was sentenced to four years in jail, today, for the possession of cocaine and taking full responsibility for the drugs that had originally landed her 17-year-old grandson and former national ...