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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The police have charged the juror who was taken into custody after the verdict was handed down in the Vybz Kartel murder trial, last Thursday. Livingston Cai, 50, who was charged last Saturday with five counts of  ...

TORONTO, Ontario – On March 27-29, 2014 choreographers Jasmyn Fyffe and Natasha Powell bring a Ska revolution to Harbourfront Centre’s prestigious national dance series, NextSteps.  In its third remount in less than a year, the widely acclaimed Gimme One Riddim ...

WASHINGTON, DC CMC – A new study analyzing the characteristics and challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Jamaica and eight Latin American countries has found that they are opportunity driven rather than necessity driven. The study also found that these women ...

By Desmond Brown Caribbean Correspondent DUMBARTON, St. Vincent (IPS) – Allan Williams, 32, is an agriculture extension officer in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. But as a trained apiculturist, he has also been involved in beekeeping as a hobby for ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The doctor who performed the C-section, which led to the death of a baby at the Mt. Hope Maternity Hospital, on Carnival Saturday, has the backing of the University of the West Indies (UWI). ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC – Historian and retired head of the University of the West Indies Open Campus, Dr. Adrian Fraser says the region must pursue reparations from Europe but he does not think much will come of the effort. ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The St. Lucia government has welcomed an offer from Trinidad and Tobago to employ local nurses to fulfill a shortage in the oil-rich twin island republic. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC – A 24-year-old man, who was on EC$30,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) bail for robbing an insurance worker in January, has been shot and killed, police said. They said Kwesi Ryan died in his ...

ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – Health authorities Tuesday, warned Dominicans to refrain from using a sexual enhancement drug being sold on various websites because it may result in heart failure. The Ministry of Health said that the US-based Food and Drug ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Children’s Advisory Panel (CAP) has submitted a report to the Child Development Agency (CDA) outlining recommendations to improve the lives of children in care of the state. CAP, developed by the CDA in collaboration with ...