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NEW YORK, New York CMC – Barbadian pop-singing sensation, Rihanna, has blamed her New York accountant for losing US$9 million in 2009. In new court papers filed in Manhattan Federal court and disclosed in media reports here, last Thursday, Rihanna, 25, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The World Bank says Jamaica has inched closer to positioning itself as a credible player in the global animation industry with the graduation of 45 newly minted animators under the “Animate Jamaica” project. On Wednesday, the ...

By Bryant Harris US Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and several key Republican and Democrat senators agree on the need for criminal justice reform, and some are now even seeking to restore voting rights to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning cell phone users about a “one ring” phone scam from the Caribbean. The BBB said that the scheme adds unauthorized charges to consumers’ monthly wireless bills. It ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – The Grenada government says the decision to reduce concessions to several companies is aimed at improving revenue collection with the “most profitable companies”. “The additional revenue will help close government’s monthly fiscal gap. Most importantly, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Emergency officials have said that Barbadians should not panic in the aftermath of the earthquake that rocked the island, early Tuesday. Judy Thomas director of the Department of Emergency Management, said in a broadcast that there ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica is to sign an agreement with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), to recognise and accept the entity’s travel document when presented by officials at the island’s borders, Information Minister Sandrea Falconer has said. She ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Caribbean finance ministers have expressed concern about the high energy costs in the Caribbean that “constrain living standards and growth.” The region’s finance and planning ministers voiced their concern here ...

LONDON, England CMC – Britain says it is seeking to help Caribbean countries create the conditions for sustainable economic growth given the fiscal constraints they face. Minister of State in the United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mark Simmonds, speaking ahead ...