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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica health authorities Friday warned nationals to be wary of an increase in cases of dengue fever and chikungunya, as the island deals with an increase in the mosquito population due to recent rains. “Dengue fever ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has given a good report to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that recently conducted a review of its trade policy, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has said. The Third trade policy review was held earlier ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana police say they have arrested four of their colleagues over allegations, that they accepted six million dollars (One Guyana dollar =US$0.008 cents) as bribe money to release a bus carrying more than GUY$18 million ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica has launched a US$19.8 million climate change programme that will provide strategies and action plans for the water, health and tourism sectors, as well as coastal resources and human settlements. Water, Land, Environment and Climate ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparation Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles has told British Prime Minister David Cameron, that reparation justice is an issue that can not “be further ignored, remain under the rug, or placed ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.8 to 4.5 rattled the Caribbean on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit of the University ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Sunday outlined the achievements of her ruling People’s National Party (PNP) since it came to office in 2011 as party stalwarts, including former prime minister PJ Paterson, urged unity amid mounting ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The official website of the Antigua and Barbuda government was restored Saturday after being hacked for several hours. A brief statement told people trying to access the website www.ab.gov.ag that the site had been hacked ...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC — Cuban President Raul Castro will deliver his first address to the United Nations General Assembly later this month. This has been confirmed by Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez who says a draft schedule published by the UN ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President David Granger, on Tuesday, said that Venezuela is building up troops near the border with Guyana as the two countries continue to spar publicly about their centuries old border dispute. “It is very provocative and ...