CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-A Guyanese cargo vessel 'Lady Zai' remained quarantined in St.Lucia waters for the fifth day on Thursday as investigations continue into the death of a crew member, and the hospitalisation of another following the outbreak of a "communicable disease" on board. As...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Construction of the first licensed casino on the island is scheduled to begin in a few months. Celebration Jamaica Development Limited, one of the companies which applied for the first set of casino licenses is looking at starting construction as early as summer once gov...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Lawyers for the popular dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel ((Adidja Palmer), who was found guilty of murder on Thursday, say they intend to appeal the conviction following a trial that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) said had put the judicial system “on tria...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Chaos erupted on Thursday afternoon as supporters of dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel who is being tried for murder, protested on the outskirts of the Supreme Court in downtown, Kingston. Approximately 500 supporters of the Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, bro...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Police stepped up security in the capital, Kingston on Thursday after the popular dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel (Adidja Palmer) was found guilty of murdering Clive “Lizard” Williams in a trial that lasted 65 days. Kartel, along with fellow entertainer ...

government has defended its decision to amend legislation allowing for persons who apply for citizenship under the island’s Citizenship by Investment Programme not to have their names made public. The government, which controls all 15-seats in the Parliament, amended the existing legislati...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The NEWSDAY newspaper Friday said that its senior investigative reporter Andre Bagoo had been banned from attending a media event at the Office of the President, “due to concerns that he might ask President Anthony Carmona a question”. The paper r...

FLORIDA, CMC - The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBPA) says it has arrested two Bahamian men suspected of smuggling seven migrants, including Haitians, into the country. The agency said that the migrants came into the country on a vessel from the Bahamas and that border pat...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada owes the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) six million EC dollars (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) in arrears, according to a government statement issued here. It said the figure was outlined to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell when he...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas and Haiti will hold talks in Port au Prince next week on the vexing issue of illegal migration, Prime Minister Perry Christie has said. Christie, briefing reporters on his attendance at the 25th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Inter-Sessional summit that en...