BERMUDA-BUSINESS-Insurance giant to lay off 47 employees HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - A total of 47 employees face losing their jobs at insurance giant XL Capital Ltd.'s Bermuda headquarters, as the company...
BARBADOS-MUSIC-Barbados crowns new Calypso Monarch BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Adrian ‘AC’ Clarke sang his way to the Calypso Monarch crown in Barbados Friday night, beating defending monarch Stedson...
ST. LUCIA-TOURISM-Tourism and security officials hold crucial meetings CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Tourism and security officials in St. Lucia have been holding strategy meetings since Friday to deal with major threats...
BERMUDA-TRAGEDY-Bride dies while swimming on her honeymoon HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - A bride enjoying her honeymoon on the island has become the second tourist to die in Bermuda's waters in four days.
JAMAICA-POLICE-Senior cop questioned amid corruption allegations KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Detectives here on Saturday began questioning Superintendent Harry "Bungles" Daley as they continued their probe...
JAMAICA-CRIME-Judge lashes government’s anti-crime proposal KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A High Court judge here has lashed the government’s proposal to amend the law, allowing persons to be detained for up to 72...
ST LUCIA-TRAVEL-British Airways to increase flights to St. Lucia CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - British Airways which has been operating a weekly service into St. Lucia every Wednesday has announced plans to introduce...
GRENADA-MUSIC-Reigning calypso monarch retires ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Reigning calypso monarch Findley ‘scholar’ Jeffries, has announced his retirement from competition less than two weeks...
GRENADA-ECONOMY-New government to set up debt management unit ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Grenada’s finance minister Nazim Burke says the new government in St George's will establish a debt management unit in an...
HAITI-POLITICS-OAS welcomes confirmation of new Haitian PM PORT OF PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - The Organisation of American States (OAS) has welcomed the decision of the Haitian Senate to ratify economist Michèle...
JAMAICA-CRIME-USAID to host conference on Jamaica’s gang violence MIAMI, CMC – The Florida Gang Investigators’ Association (FGIA) says the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will, next...
CMCfeature-HEALTH-Despite progress, HIV/AIDS still haunting Caribbean PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – When Trinidadian Lorna Henry speaks to you, her demands are modest.
CARIBBEAN-TRADE-Mixed bag for Caribbean in failed WTO talks BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Henry Gill, says that while the failed World...
ANTIGUA-CRIME-British tourist flown back home ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC –Five days after an incident in which his wife was shot and killed and he was left brain dead, British tourist Benjamin...
DOMINICA-ECONOMY-Regional regulatory body halts investment scheme of local company ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC- Economic Development Minister Julius Timothy said Friday that the Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC)...