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By Garwin Davis JIS Contributing Writer  St. Mary, Jamaica, April 27 (JIS) — Jamaica’s world-class attractions are becoming a catalyst for the tourism sector, acting as major pull-factors to get many cruise and short-term visitors to return for longer stays. ...

By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Contributing Writer  ST. ANDREW, Jamaica, April 27 (JIS) — The Jamaica government will be appointing a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, aimed at positioning the country to take full advantage of benefits under the organisation. This was ...

By Lyndal Rowlands IPS Guest Writer UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14, 2016 (IPS) – After hundreds of questions were posed to nine candidates vying for the role of United Nations Secretary-General this week, a lasting question remains; will the UN’s new ...

By Marianela Jarroud IPS Guest Writer SANTIAGO, Apr 13, 2016 (IPS) – Rural women in Latin America continue to face serious obstacles to land tenure, which leave them vulnerable, despite their growing importance in food production and food security. “Women ...

By IPS Africa Desk Apr 15, 2016 (IPS) – The plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago is all too common in Nigeria’s conflict-affected north-eastern communities, and up to 7,000 women and girls might be living in abduction ...

Photo above: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and US Ambassador Linda Taglialatla. ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar. 4, (CMC) – Newly appointed United States Ambassador to Dominica, Linda Taglialatla, was welcomed to the island by Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, when she visited, yesterday, ...

Photo above is of Gianni Infantino during UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying play-offs draw, that took place in Sheraton Hotel in Cracow. Photo credit: Piotr Drabik – Flickr: CC BY 2.0. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 3, (CMC) – Caribbean Football Union President, Gordon ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 3, (CMC) – The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) says, the issues impacting a fragile Jamaican economy must be addressed by the new administration, despite a razor thin majority in Parliament. JCC President, Warren McDonald, in a ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 2, (CMC) – Exciting West Indies all-rounder, Andre Russell, could face a doping ban, after missing three doping tests within a 12-month period, media reports said, yesterday. The 27-year-old Jamaican, a much sought-after Twenty20 specialist, failed to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 3, (CMC) – President, David Granger, called an emergency meeting, as the death toll continues to climb, following unrest at the Camp Street prison here. The police report, that they found the bodies of at least 13 ...