GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – More than two years after they were injured when a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) plane overshot the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), eight of the passengers have filed a lawsuit against the Trinidad-based carrier. ...
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LANSING, Michigan CMC – A new study by Michigan State University (MSU) has found that major depression is a serious public health problem among older Caribbean immigrants. Amanda Toler Woodward, lead investigator on the study and MSU associate professor of ...
Read More »Britain Was Against Invading Grenada In 1983
By Nelson A. King LONDON, England CMC – Britain had been against United States plans to invade Grenada in 1983, according to documents released Thursday by the National Archives, here. The documents indicate that then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, ...
Read More »Police Believe Body Of Missing Priest Found
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica police believe, that the body found in bushes in the capital, is that of retired Roman Catholic priest, Charles Brown, who went missing a week ago. The authorities said, the clothing and a slipper matching ...
Read More »Former Junior T&T Minister Guilty Of Refusing To Take Breathalyzer Test
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former junior National Security Minister, Collin Partap, has been slapped with a TT$5,000 (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) fine after he was found guilty, on Tuesday, of a charge of failing to submit himself ...
Read More »Gunmen Kill Unidentified Man At Church Altar
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Police were searching for gunmen, who chased an unidentified man and shot and killed him at a church altar in the community of Bull Bay, in the eastern parish of St. Andrew, late Monday. Police said, ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Clamping Down On People Using The Internet To Molest Children
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon table legislation to protect children from people who use the Internet to molest them. “We are going to put in some laws, because there are older people who prey ...
Read More »Conservationists Urge Caribbean People To Eat Dangerous Lionfish
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – In a region renowned for scuba diving and snorkelling, conservationists are urging Caribbean people to eat the red lionfish that has invaded Caribbean waters and threaten to devastate the marine ecosystem in the region. ...
Read More »US Scientists Say Caribbean Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable
CALIFORNIA, U.S., CMC – Scientists in the United States say the study of Caribbean lizards reveals that evolution is predictable. According to a study of Caribbean lizards by researchers at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis), Harvard University ...
Read More »INTERPOL Launches New Technology To Detect Fraudulent Travel Documents In The Caribbean
LYON, France, CMC – The international police organization (INTERPOL), says it has launched a new tool enabling Caribbean countries to exchange information on fraudulent identity and travel documents. Known as Dial-Doc (Digital INTERPOL Alert Library Document), INTERPOL said that the ...
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