BERMUDA-CRIME-Hotel group financial officer jailed for four years HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The chief financial officer of a hotel group, who stole more than US$200,000 and spent it on a property in Florida and...
SURINAME-LABOUR-Teachers end four-week strike PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – High school teachers Friday ended a strike that had affected classes for the past four weeks and forced students to take...
GRENADA-CRIME-Local bank executive charged with fraud ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada police on Friday laid fraud charges against Finton De Bourg, the chief executive officer of the locally-owned...
DOMINICA-BANANAS-New twist to banana impasse ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica Banana Producers Limited (DBPL) Friday said it had filed a court injunction seeking to stop the Windward Island...
JAMAICA-POLITICS-Appeal Court rules in favour of opposition candidate By Kathy Barrett
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Appeal Court in Jamaica on Friday upheld a motion by a defeated opposition People’s National Party...
BARBADOS-AWARD-Barbadian honoured by OAS BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Michael King, has been...
BARBADOS-FOOD-Government developing National Food Security Plan BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Agriculture and Rural Minister Haynesley Benn says Barbados should have a National Food Security Plan by 2010.
GUYANA-DEBT-Finance Minister to participate in global debt cancellation protest GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh says he will join South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Benjamin Mkapa of...
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-CARICOM Secretary General on South America visit GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Edwin Carrington has arrived in Peru at the start of a three-nation visit...
TRINIDAD-CRIME-Police search for kidnapped school girl PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police using tracker dogs have launched a search for a 14-year-old student whose father, a businessman, was abducted...
CARIBBEAN-SUMMIT-Caribbean leaders at EU-Latin America summit GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman and Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is among four regional leaders attending...
ST LUCIA-POLICE-Opposition party calls for government intervention in police row CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC - The opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) is calling on the government to intervene in the ongoing impasse within the...
JAMAICA-CRIME- Bahamian pilot admits to drug charge KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - A Bahamian pilot will return to court next Wednesday for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a plane...
HAITI-AID-US Congressional Black Caucus delegation heads to Haiti WASHINGTON, CMC - A United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) delegation is due in Haiti Friday for a first hand view of the situation in the...
TRINIDAD-EDUCATION-Student commits suicide after CXC announces resit of CAPE exams PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 19-year-old secondary school student has committed suicide apparently sparked by the decision of the Barbados-based...