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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - JAMAICA'S effort to tackle the perennial problem of drug-trafficking in her waters will be getting a much needed boost from Britain's Royal Navy.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - With sensitive top-secret data becoming more susceptible to hackers in cyberspace around the world, the Jamaican Government could easily become the next victim of thi

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Five police groups opposed to a recent ruling that will give the Independent Commission for Investigations (INDECOM), the power of arrest, have instructed their lawyers t

WASHINGTON, CMC – Mining is one way to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in Haiti.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Following a ruling handed down on Friday in which two men accused of killing 11 people were acquitted, the prosecution says it intends to appeal the ruling.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Ministry of Health here has issued an alert concerning an outbreak of dengue fever.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - BARBADOS has potential to do more transhipment business from both ports of entry.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - BARBADIANS TOOK THEIR eyes off productivity in the last decade and this has led to the current economic woes, says CARICOM ambassador Robert “Bobby” Morris.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - Antigua & Barbuda is to acquire a new Border Management System to be used by the Immigration Department intended to integrate critical areas such as the work perm

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) – A global specialty property insurer has announced that it is expanding its study of coral reefs with a new campaign in the Caribbean and Bermuda.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to send a contingent of 100 people to Suriname for the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) at a cost of $3 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- With most Caribbean countries experiencing high debt, unemployment and anaemic growth, offers by China of low-cost loans and investment projects are understandably vi

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America an

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The state of information and communication technologies will be examined in the by regional officials at a forum to be held here August 7-8.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- JAMAICA'S agricultural sector will suffer greatly if the country withdraws from the Caribbean Community, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Senator N

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Jack Warner may have convincingly won the Chaguanas West by-election in Trinidad on Monday but there are arguably more losers than winners after this particula

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Parliamentarians are not immune from extradition.

(Trinidad Express) In a complete departure from practice, President Anthony Carmona has changed four of his senators in mid-term, a move that is unpre¬cedented in Trinidad and Tobago’s post-Repub

(Trinidad Express) The re-election of Jack Warner as the Member of Parliament for Chaguanas West will do “untold damage” to this country’s international image, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley w

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States and Trinidad and Tobago have signed a treaty that will effectively afford “left-behind parents” the full remedies of the Hague Convention to resol