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WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$6.4 million for St. Vincent and the Grenadines to help the country meet an “urgent balance-of-payments need” due to severe flooding and landslides in December last year that killed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government Monday announced the establishment of a new anti-crime agency that it said formed part of the strategy to create a national law enforcement agency. National Security Minister Dr. Peter Bunting told a news ...

By Peter Richards Trinidad Correspondent  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The coalition People’s Partnership government, gearing up for a general election by mid- 2015, has introduced legislation providing for 10-year term limit for the head of government as well ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Eight members of the police force accused of refusing to cooperate with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) in a fatal double shooting incident, have been found guilty. The verdict was handed down in the Corporate ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur Friday announced his resignation as a member of the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which he led for 14 years.  On Friday, Arthur who led the BLP for 14 years as ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist, has praised Trinidad for the stance taken on free education. Malala, who arrived here last Sunday, said her ultimate goal is to ensure education is free. “I heard ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A new pre-paid billing system for electricity service will be available here by the end of the year. Light and power company, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says with the pre-paid billing system customers will be able ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An Appeal Court judge has put a temporarily hold on a lower court ruling that ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to make available the legal advice received on the award of a TT$5.5 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – National Security Minister Peter Bunting, said the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration is committed to transparency and accountability in the operations of the security forces. Bunting was responding to a statement on Friday from the international watchdog, ...

By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Japan and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping ended an historic first ever summit here on Monday exploring areas of cooperation that could further deepen their existing relationships. “We explored ...