BELIZE-CRIME-Brothers charged with grenade attack BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Two brothers have been arrested in connection with the hand grenade attack last Sunday that left one person dead and 11...
CARIBBEAN-TELECOMMUNCATIONS-Cable and Wireless to cut jobs in restructuring move BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Telecommunications giant Cable and Wireless has announced it will cut jobs as part of a move to restructure its Caribbean...
GUYANA-CRIME-Rural residents urged to fight crime in their communities GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has called on residents of the country’s rural community to help control criminal activities in the...
TRINIDAD-EDUCATION-Call for regional overhaul of CXC exam process PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Trinidad’s Education Minister Esther Le Gendre has called for an overhaul of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...
CARIBBEAN-OECS-Chairman wants answers to crime and air transport problems CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has called on member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States...
CMCfeature-CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Fighting for survival By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – In terms of Caribbean politics, Stephenson King and Bruce Golding have much in common. Both men saw...
TRINIDAD-EDUCATION-Two arrested in CXC scam PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two employees of the Ministry of Education were released on bail totalling TT$1 million (US$166,600) after they...
JAMAICA-CRIME-Two police officers shot dead KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Two police officers were killed on Friday as Jamaicans observed the annual Labour Day holiday.
TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Government agrees to Commission of Inquiry into state company PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - After weeks of insisting that it had no desire to establish a Commission of Inquiry to probe the affairs of the...
ST. LUCIA-POLICE-Top cop and officers reach resolution CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St. Lucia's acting Police Commissioner John Broughton and the Police Welfare Association (PWA) have reached an amicable...
ST. LUCIA-OECS-Summit begins pushing for successful implementation of Economic Union CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) began a two-day summit here Friday with a call...
ST. LUCIA-POLITICS-Two more MPs reportedly planning to withdraw support for PM CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - The rift within the government of St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King appeared to be widening Friday, despite...
ST. LUCIA-POLICE-Lawmen continue sick out action CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Officers in the St. Lucia Police Welfare Association (PWA) Friday continued an apparent sick out to press for the removal...
GUYANA-DIPLOMACY-Chinese community raises funds for earthquake victims GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Chinese community in Guyana has collected over US$60,000 to help their countrymen devastated by the recent earthquake...
GRENADA-UN-Report says Grenada not sustaining efforts on child rights ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – A report on Grenada’s progress in the implementation of recommendations from the United Nations Committee on the Rights...