ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is seeking to build a new prison to alleviate “some of the issues caused by the overcrowding of the current prison. The Baldwin Spencer administration said that the new prison, which will accommodate 550 inmates...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Police are appealing for public assistance in apprehending those involved in the murder of two unidentified people, whose charred remains were found inside a vehicle over the weekend. Police said that they had responded to a “bush fire” and after extinguishi...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The murder trial of singer Vybz Kartel was adjourned to June 10 after a witness failed to appear in court on Monday Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, is jointly charged with Lenburgh McDonald and Nigel Thompson in the July 2011 murder of St Catherine businessma...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – A Suriname based foundation is calling on the Netherlands to apologise for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Chairman of the Broki (Bridge) Collective said if the Dutch didn’t apologise in 2013, then the group would lodge a complaint with internation...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it remains resolute in ensuring that equitable trading practices are observed by all stakeholders in the manufacturing sector, whether local or international. “We have to ensure that our trading partners play honestly, and that unfair ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - The new Kerryann Ifill Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is one more step in the direction of making the university a fully inclusive tertiary educational institution. Building upon the success of the already implemented Vision and Fortitude programme,...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Making wise food choices would help to prevent obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol and other chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs). This is according to the National Nutrition Centre who lays out eight easy to follow guidelines...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer- ON Monday, the UK's leading Financial newspaper, the Financial Times (FT), had an article headlined "IMF bailout looks like last chance for Jamaica". The newspaper quoted what it described as a senior official involved in the talks as saying: "It's a high-risk pr...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector is now making a bigger contribution to the economy of T&T, Moonilal Lalchan, president, T&T Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday. “Statistics show that at the end of 2011, the over 20,000 SME&rs...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - US vice-president Joe Biden has come all the way to Trinidad and Tobago, via Bogota, Colombia, surely having been briefed on matters topping the agenda of US-Caribbean relations. The veteran US senator, now second in command to President Barack Obama, ca...