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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – A 14-year-old boy has been taken into custody in connection with the death of nine year old Romain Robinson, in Plantation Heights in the western parish of St. James.  According to a statement from the Constabulary ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Police High Command has described guilty verdict in the trial of the man convicted of killing Trinidadian teacher, Michelle Coudray Greaves as a testament to the gains the country can reap, if individuals refuse to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is defending the staff at the Green Pond Primary School amid allegations that teachers had allowed students to leave the compound during heavy rains resulting in the deaths of two students. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government says it is continuing its effort to seek a resolution of the impasse affecting law students at the University of Guyana (UG) from gaining access into the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law School for ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – In the face of mounting opposition, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, is seeking to defend its decision to fire Professor Brendan Bain as Director of the Regional Coordinating Unit of the Caribbean ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says it remains committed to working with regional and international allies in bringing changes to the Citizenship by Investment Program (CIB) amid concerned raised by the United States Treasury Department. Earlier ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – While economically-pressed Caribbean countries are selling citizenship to mostly Middle Eastern, Asian, and Russian applicants as an easy revenue source, reports here says abuse of the program is on the rise. According to the Christian Science ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – United States officials say an old Caribbean route is regaining popularity with drug gangs from Central and South America. William Brownfield, the United States Department of State’s senior anti-drugs official, said that 16 percent of cocaine ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Trade union leaders led thousands of people, including politicians, onto the streets of the capital on Friday, demanding fresh general elections and the removal of the coalition People’s Partnership government that celebrates its fourth ...

By Miriam Gathigah Africa Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya (IPS) – Janice Gacheri imports handbags and shoes from China which she sells on social media sites and by word of mouth to customers in Nairobi and neighbouring towns.  “For a part-time business, the ...