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ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – Dominica says it is pursuing efforts to get the European Union to remove the visa requirements for nationals travelling to Europe, saying that it was important to stimulate trade under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed ...

LONDON, England CMC – Montserrat has signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement to improve international tax compliance as part of several measures that Britain’s Overseas Territories have agreed to adopt in June. Premier Rueben Meade and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – A magistrate has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 14 days in jail for using obscene language towards Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar at a political meeting earlier this year. Magistrate Adia Mohammed, sitting in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government is warning nationals against the use of Panadol made in China, saying the drug has not been approved for sale here. “The Ministry of Health is aware that ‘Panadol Extra Strength Tablets’, in ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Police ended the four-day search for six-year-old Keyana Cumberbatch, after her body was found stuffed in a barrel in a bedroom at her home, late last week Thursday. Residents became angry and called for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States says it is “actively” assisting the Cuban diplomatic mission here in finding a new bank willing to handle its accounts so it can resume issuing passports and visas to visitors to the Spanish-speaking ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, which came under heavy public criticism over its summer schedule, Monday, sought to re-assure the travelling public that it would do everything possible to ensure that their journeys are not interrupted ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – Six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have submitted reports to the Second Progress Report on Implementation of the Inter American Convention against Corruption. According to the Organization of American States (OAS), member countries took an estimated 748 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson says while smoking marijuana has serious implications for a person’s health, he nonetheless fully supports its use for medicinal purposes. “Jamaica can’t lock off itself from the rest of the world ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Barbados marked its 47th anniversary of political independence from Britain with the traditional military parade, honouring its nationals and the politicians providing different insights into the island’s socio-economic progress over the years. “The strength of the ...