ST JOHN’S, Antigua- After 10 years of stalemate negotiations and estimated billions of dollars lost when United States legislation decimated the local gaming industry, government has moved towards collecting on World Trade Organisation (WTO) approved sanctions. Government yesterday announced ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) — The Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund Projects will meet in Jamaica today. The three-day gathering coincides with the 20th meeting of the executive board of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) taking place under the chairmanship...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - A campaign by local human rights watchdog, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), highlighting the plight of children, has not gone down well with the Minister of Youth , Lisa Hanna who has described an online petition by the JFJ as “disingenuous, dishonest, and dangerous”...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it remains open to facilitating dialogue and reasonable suggestions regarding the newly implemented smoking ban in public places, the policy was not taken in isolation. “When we look at emerging data, some, 50 per cent of person...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) have heaped praises on Jamaica for the no-smoking regulations, which took effect on Monday. In a release yesterday, the United Nations bodies said that the regulations will protect the population from the ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Wednesday said it is moving swiftly to implementing community projects under the Constituency Development Programme (CDP) with financial assistance from the Taiwanese government. The Kenny Anthony government said as a result of the grants pro...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Opposition legislators Wednesday said they will continue to boycott sittings of the National Assembly since they have no intention of providing legitimacy to the Denzil Douglas administration. The six opposition legislators, claiming to be the “united electe...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Watchdog groups in Haiti on Wednesday condemned what they say has been a series of threats targeting the Caribbean nation's small gay community. Attorney Mario Joseph and gay rights advocate Charlot Jeudy told a news conference that people who are gay or lesbian should ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - We couldn’t agree more with the Prime Minister’s call for an investigation into Jack Warner’s soliciting of funds from private businesses while in the Cabinet. Where we completely disagree with her, however, is in her attempt to present Mr Warner’s a...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE positive analytical findings involving two of our star athletes and three other young athletes have not only shocked the nation but have placed Jamaica under intense scrutiny as the supreme sprinting powerhouse in the world. The doubters are having a field day, ramping up the...