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CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The St. Lucia government, Friday, announced the establishment of a new agency to co-ordinate activities of the state agencies engaged in security on the island. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government has condemned the “brutal rape and attack” on a 15-year-old girl by her father, and says it is planning to conduct child abuse sensitization sessions in the community where the gruesome incident took ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller led administration is seeking to amend legislation to give Minister of National Security the power to waive the rights of Jamaicans apprehended by the United States Coast Guard outside Jamaican’s territorial waters ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has denied being “numb” to the spate of recent killings in the country and that more resources would be made available to law enforcement authorities to deal with the situation. Home Affairs Minister, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Russia says it is willing to help the Caribbean explore for oil and gas as well as deal with the impact of the global economy. Russia’s ambassador to Guyana, Nikolay Smirnov, told the Caribbean Media Corporation ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – Authorities here are warning of an increase number of people, including children now engaged in prostitution. Head of the Human Services Department, Antoinette Joseph, said high unemployment, a lack of job opportunities and rising commodity ...

KEY WEST, Florida CMC – The United States Coast Guard, last Saturday, revealed the seizure of over 6,000 pounds of marijuana in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard said the crew of the Cutter Thetis offloaded the drugs at Coast ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said, on Monday, the resignation of Ian Brunton, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the regional airline, LIAT, has come at a most crucial time, but “nobody is indispensible”. Gonsalves, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has confirmed that it will not be increasing ticket prices after the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration announced this week that it was ending its subsidy to state-owned carrier. Finance ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will be faced with a leadership challenge for the first time in decades, as Deputy Leader Audley Shaw, on Sunday, announced that he will be entering the race for leadership ...