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KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Jamaica’s two main political parties traded words with each other over the issue of improving the employment situation as the country awaits the announcement of a possible date for fresh general elections. Finance Minister Dr. Peter ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (CMC) – A Jamaican woman, who acknowledged that she was neither a trained doctor nor licensed to administer an injection, was jailed for five years, after she caused a man’s death by injecting silicone into his penis. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The Jamaica government says, it is establishing a working group to policies to help deal with the escalating crime situation in the country. “This working group will be similar to the EPOC and ECET teams which ...

Greetings friends and supporters: The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) would like to inform you that the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) is pursuing the development of a Culture Strategy for Ontario. The Ministry’s objective is to establish ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says, it has engaged the US-based international management consulting firm, Oliver Wyman, as an advisor to assist with the sale of CLICO’s traditional insurance portfolio. The ...

GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Senior officials from Caribbean trade union and employer organizations have reached agreement on the establishment of bipartite forums in individual Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. In a joint statement following a meeting here, earlier this week, President ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – Police are investigating the discovery of a decomposing body of a man in his 30s, that was floating in the sea, near Cul de Sac, two miles west of here, late last Saturday. The police ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – A woman died, early last Sunday, when the truck, on which she was traveling, plunged into the Demerara River. The police report that Gangaday Persaud, 22, was heading to the Plaisance Market with her partner, Ravi, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says, the first ever Caribbean Tourism and Hospitality Investment Guide, targeted at international investors, will be launched in Puerto Rico next week. The guide has been produced by CTO in ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) said that the island was plunged into total darkness during the early hours of Monday due to lightning striking its facility at Vieux-Fort south of here. In a ...