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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) acknowledged that it is “up against the odds” as law enforcement agencies continue to grapple with an increase in criminal activities, particularly murder. Acting Police Commissioner Stephen ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is taking measures to safeguard the island’s freshwater resources in light of the protracted drought situation. “We are in the throes of one of the fiercest drought periods in a long ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Attorney General Faris Al Rawi Monday insisted he would not discuss the extradition case involving former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner in public as a senior magistrate adjourned the matter to Friday. Warner, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former energy minister and founding member of the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM), Errol Mahabir, has died. He was 84 years old. Mahabir, who served as Minister of Petroleum and Mines from 1974 to ...

NEW YORK, CMC — An attorney who was shot in the head at a pre-dawn outdoor celebration before the annual West Indian Day parade here on September 7, has died. Carey Gabay, 43, who is of Jamaica descent, was a by-stander ...

By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former prime minister Kamla Persad Bissessar was sworn in as Opposition Leader on Monday and defended the decision of her United National Congress (UNC) to challenge the outcome of the September ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC — The Americas region, which includes the Caribbean has been declared free of Rubella. The declaration of the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome was made by the international expert committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination ...

Photo above: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left) along with the Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Mr. Bernardo Guanche Hernandez (right) unveil a plaque in honour of the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro after whom ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – A woman, who reportedly admitted paying a hit man to kill her husband earlier this month, will re-appear in court on October 13. Gwendolyn Persaud appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan, in the Georgetown Magistrates Court, and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica says two new multi-billion dollar state of the art air traffic control towers will go into service at the island’s two international airports before yearend. Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari ...