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KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – A police constable has been sentenced to a total of 62 years in jail, after he was found guilty of abducting and raping a nurse at gunpoint, in December, last year. But Constable ...

  By Lauren Bialystok Guest Writer Ontario has been embroiled in controversy over sex education since 2015, when updates to the province’s health and physical education curriculum drew vocal opposition from a minority of parents. As is typical for such ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – The St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) confirmed, today, that the island had experienced a total shutdown, lasting nearly three hours. In a statement, LUCELEC said that the outage had been caused ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 4, 2019 (CMC) – Police say the body of the 45-year-old husband of a bank employee, who was murdered in front of her son, on Monday, had been found hanging from a tree, ...

By Jen Gilbert Guest Writer In time for back-to-school 2019, the Ontario government released a revised health and physical education curriculum. Commentators have noted that despite Premier Doug Ford having stressed the need for an overhaul, the new curriculum is ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The President of the Public Services Association (PSA), Watson Duke, was discharged from hospital, today, as the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) reminded politicians that it is an ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The 2019 Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism (STC2019) opened, here, today, amid expectations that the deliberations, over the next few days, will reshape the industry that plays a pivotal ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The 14th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) ended, here, on Sunday night, with the country’s Culture Minister, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, saying there had been significant achievements ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it will spend an estimated J$130 million, as it moves to eliminate the breeding sites of the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes that is responsible for the spread of dengue fever. ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Writer Last month, I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the “Wholesome Woman’s Conference”, an annual event, which has been held for the past seven years, by Redemption House Church in Aurora, Ontario. Over a ...