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KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – On Sunday, Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, named February 25 as the date for general elections in Jamaica. Addressing a mass meeting of supporters of the governing People’s National Party (PNP), Simpson-Miller said, Nomination Day will ...

Photo above is of a view of the Caribbean Sea in the Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti on the island of Hispaniola, which the two countries share. The roughly 7,000 Caribbean islands are home to thousands of endemic ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, is calling for a collective Caribbean approach, regarding the trade and other benefits of marijuana cultivation in the region. “We have to have the studies. That ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana says, India has proven to be a “dependable friend and partner” as the two countries observe 50 years of diplomatic relations later this year. Acting President and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, speaking at a function ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The majority of Jamaicans are in favour of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller calling the general elections by the end of March, according to an opinion poll released here, on Wednesday. General elections are not due ...

By Baher Kamal IPS Africa Correspondent Cairo, Egypt (IPS) — Africa is clearly one of the most negatively impacted regions in the world, not helped by the increasing trend of the mainstream media to focus on tragic news, following a ...

Photo above: Participants in the African Union Gender Pre-Summit on 2016 African Year of Human Rights, with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women in Addis Ababa. Photo courtesy of the African Union Commission. By Baher Kamal Africa Correspondent CAIRO, Egypt ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Kareem Ibrahim, who was given a life sentence in the United States for conspiring to commit a terrorist act at the John F Kennedy International Airport, has died, his relatives and attorney have said. ...

Photo above: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, addresses the opening ceremony of the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) ‘Investments and the Capital Markets’ Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on January 18. The three-day conference is ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – The National Water Commission (NWC) has begun instituting restrictions at nights, as a conservation strategy, as Jamaica prepares to deal with another dry season. The NWC said, during the period of restriction, some customers may not ...