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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced she had “accepted the offer of resignation” of embattled Minister of National Security Jack Warner.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     “There are still critical gaps to be filled, including more focused and concerted actio

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - That there was violence and protest in the four years between Mr Mandela’s release and the general elections in 1994 is a matter of record, but measured against the tens

This question has long puzzled thinkers like legendary evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould, who proposed that evolution was "utterly unpredictable and quite unrepeatable." But a new study of

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Costa Rica’s Minister of Public Safety, Francisco Zamora, says law enforcement officials have seized 4.6 tons of cocaine and 1.47 tons of marijuana in the Caribbean Se

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT would be foolhardy to think that Jamaica's image would not be harmed by the doping scandal involving several of our athletes, including the much loved Mr Asafa Powell, and

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Government has asked former cabinet minister Jack Warner to return his diplomatic passport.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Joan Honore-Paul, has described as “shockingly irresponsible and grossly reckless” statements made by Acting Police

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon took in front yesterday and removed himself from any e-mail probe.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The authorities have imposed a 24 hour curfew on a section of Annotto Bay in St. Mary after gunmen shot and killed three people including a woman.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Attorney General Levi Peter is urging Dominicans to stay away from the illegal drugs trade after a number of people appeared in court on Thursday following police seizure

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Historically speaking, Antigua & Barbuda like many other Caribbean countries is a product of slavery and colonialism.

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – China is promising to deepen its relationship with Grenada eight years after the Caribbean island broke off diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Government is describing as a “travesty against the people of Guyana” a decision by opposition legislators not to support measures aimed at raising the guarantee limit o

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The yachting sector has provided a significant boost to the economy, based on the results of a survey conducted between May 2012 and April 2013 .

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - STANDARD & POOR’S (S&P) HAS REVISED Barbados economic outlook to negative from stable, while the agency is keeping the ‘BB+/B’ credit rating it assigned the country

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Four consecutive quarters—one year—of economic growth for Trinidad and Tobago.

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations says its emergency relief fund will allocate an additional US$1.5 million to the cholera response in Haiti at a time when cases are set to rise due to the

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Twenty four countries from across the region have confirmed their participation in the Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA), scheduled to be held in Surina