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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, August 18, 2016 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson completed the sprint double at the Rio Olympics, when she won the women’s 200 metres here, last night. The 24-year-old clocked a season-best 21.78 seconds, to finish ahead ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, August 18, 2016 (CMC) – Government backbencher, Leah Scott, has been given an absolute discharge by a magistrate, after admitting a charge of trespassing. Magistrates’ Court heard, yesterday, that the incident, in January, came as a result of ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, August 18, 2016 (CMC) – Members of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF), have been removed from the residence of Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, as the probe continues into the break-in and theft that took place ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 18, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed an agreement with the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), which will see aviation personnel from Guyana undergoing international training in air navigation services for the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 17, 2016 (CMC) – The Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) was placed under lockdown, on Tuesday night, following a shooting incident that left at least one person injured , the Jamaica Gleaner ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 17, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, has returned home from the United States, where he underwent medical tests that have led to widespread rumours about the state of his health. ...

By Kenton X. Chance CMC St. Vincent Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, August 16, 2016 (CMC) — The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) is warning that if the Cybercrime Act 2016, passed in Parliament last weekend, is ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, August 16, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has warned government legislators in the Senate to either get on board with the Statutory Corporation General Provisions bill or be axed. The Senators have expressed reservations about ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, August 16, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, says St. Lucia is lobbying Britain to continue financing a justice program, as he described his recent visit to London, Paris and Morocco as a success. Speaking at ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 16, 2016 (CMC) – Guyana has recorded a significant decline in its balance of trade deficit, for the first six months of this year, as compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by ...