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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica has called for a regional approach to the fight against the introduction and spread of the chikungunya disease. Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson participating in a briefing to launch World Health Day 2014, which is ...

GENEVA, Switzerland CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging the Caribbean to take steps to prevent vector-borne diseases. WHO said that more than half the world’s population is at risk from diseases such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica recorded a 12 percent decline in murders during the first quarter of this year, Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has said. Last year, Jamaica recorded 1,200 murders as compared to 1,097 in 2012. Delivering the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Jaipaul Sharma, a member of the opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), last Thursday, confirmed that he had resigned as a member of parliament following remarks made about his father by Education Minister Priya ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Guyana police were continuing their search Monday for a 40-year-old businessman, allegedly kidnapped by two men on Saturday. The kidnappers of Rajendra “Sunil” Singh, from East Coast Demerara are reported to be demanding a GUY$25 million ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Sacked government minister Dr. Glen Ramadharsingh has denied allegations that he had a woman perform sexual acts on him when she went for assistance to fast track an application with the Housing Development Corporation ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government has presented a J$539.35 billion (One Jamaica dollar =US$0.004 cents) but to Parliament on Thursday with debate on the fiscal package scheduled for April 17. Finance Minister Dr. Peter Phillips presented the estimates ...

By Farangis Abdurazokzoda US Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – The United States ranks among the highest in the world in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, but only 16th among 132 countries in terms of social progress and environmental performance, ...

By Bijoyeta Das India Correspondent NEW DELHI, India (IPS) – L. Khino, 27, vividly remembers Christmas Eve at the Indian capital’s famed Connaught Place shopping hub four years ago: the blinking lights, the buzzing crowd, the winter chill – and ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The St. Lucia government has signalled its intention to amend existing legislation so as to allow for competition in the generation of electricity. The St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) has a monopoly on the ...