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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana March 15, 2017 (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a 47-year-old Jamaican national, in its custody, has died at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. ICE said the cause of death ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 15, 2017 (CMC) – A 16-year-old British national died, yesterday after she fell onto the deck of a yacht, while cleaning its mast. Police said Bethany Smith died at hospital, where she had been taken after falling ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP), spokesman on Finance, Dr. Peter Phillips, says the Andrew Holness-led administration has displayed incompetence, based on the content of the 2017/2018 Budget Debate that was presented ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government and the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) appeared to be on a collision course, today, after Opposition Leader and former president, Bharrat Jagdeo, publicly disagreed with the position of ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, March 13, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris, is leading the nation in mourning the death of former Governor Sir Probyn Inniss, who died Sunday at the age of 80. “I extend my heartfelt condolences ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 13, 2017 (CMC) – The human rights group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), has criticised a decision by police to stop and search young men wearing hoodies, as part of an effort by law enforcement to clamp down ...

By Kwaku Botwe IPS African Correspondent ACCRA, Ghana March 13, 2017 (IPS) — Ghana turned 60 years old last week. The West African country gained independence from Britain on March 6, 1957, and remains a study in contradictions. At 60, ...

By Zadie Neufville IPS Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 13, 2017 (IPS) — On November 30 last year, a new high-performance ‘Super Computer’ was installed at the University of the West Indies (UWI) during climate change week. Dubbed SPARKS – ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 13, 2017 (CMC) – Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, has described Guyana “as a light of progress”, given the financial situation that is confronting several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. Speaking on a radio program here, Jordan said that ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, March 13, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Jack Guy Lafontant, today, said his administration will seek to consolidate public finances, reduce expenditure and ensure sustained economic growth and sustainable development in the French-speaking Caribbean Community ...