JAMAICA-DRUGS-Large marijuana seizure at Kingston port

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - A two day police operation at the Kingston Container Terminal has led to the seizure of more than J$10 million worth of marijuana. The operation was carried out on the weekend by the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division with assistance from the Ports Division of the Ja...
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Haitian ambassador is dead

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – President Michel Martelly has led the country in paying tribute to Guy Alexandre, a former Haiti ambassador to the Dominican Republic who died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 68. “The Head of State, on behalf of the Government and people of Haiti, expres...
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GUYANA-HEALTH-Guyana records significant decrease in malaria cases

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana recorded a significant decrease in the number of malaria cases in 2013 and health authorities continue to urge early diagnosis of the vector-borne disease in a bid to reduce the mortality rate. Figures released by the Ministry of Health show that in 2013, there...
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ANTIGUA-CRIME-Government condemns “terrorist attacks” in China

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda has “strongly condemned’ the murder of at least 28 people during the “terrorist attack” at a train station in Kunming, China over the weekend. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said that attack, which left more than 100 ...
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Offer made for CLICO Barbados

(Barbados Nation) CLICO policyholders may be getting a dream offer from a North American firm, which wants to buy all of the assets of Clico International Life (CIL) Insurance Limited and repay the principal sums to the policyholders and investors in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The North Ame...
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Thousands of chikungunya cases in region

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March (CMC) – The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC) says there are reports of new cases of the chikungunya virus in the Caribbean. The ECDPC said in the past week, 293 new cases of chikungunya have been reported in the region, with confirmed ones in ...
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