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WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – Six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have submitted reports to the Second Progress Report on Implementation of the Inter American Convention against Corruption. According to the Organization of American States (OAS), member countries took an estimated 748 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson says while smoking marijuana has serious implications for a person’s health, he nonetheless fully supports its use for medicinal purposes. “Jamaica can’t lock off itself from the rest of the world ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Barbados marked its 47th anniversary of political independence from Britain with the traditional military parade, honouring its nationals and the politicians providing different insights into the island’s socio-economic progress over the years. “The strength of the ...

By Jewel Fraser Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – Even as weather extremes bedevil Caribbean farmers, Ramgopaul Roop has turned his three-acre fruit farm into a showcase for how to beat climate change. His conservation farming methods include ...

By Peter Richards T&T Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – The demonstration took place on land and sea simultaneously. In the end, police had arrested three people, including Gary Aboud, president of the Trinidadian NGO Fishermen and Friends of ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Justice Geoffrey Henderson has been elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Saturday. It said that Henderson, a former ...

MASSACHUSETTS, United States CMC – The Trinidad-born former state chemist for Massachusetts, Annie Dookhan, faces up to five years in jail after she was found guilty of falsifying thousands of tests used to prosecute drug-related crimes. The court was told ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Even though he insists that he has no desire to return to “electoral politics” former prime minister, Basdeo Panday, is seeking election as chairman of the ruling United National Congress (UNC). He is also ...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts CMC – The ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) Monday, said it believes the recommended changes contained in the Constituency Boundaries Commission will stand, despite an earlier court ruling that prevents Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence from ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica is projecting a one percent economic growth this year, according to the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ). BoJ Governor, Brian Wynter, said the rate of growth for the fiscal year is projected to be within the ...