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...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government says it has no intention of changing the present buggery laws even as the advocacy group, Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) said it was seeking talks with the authorities on the matter of equal rights. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking ...

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...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - No provision has been made or contemplated for the establishment of a military base in the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) signed between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar assured yesterday. The Prime Mini...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - T&T has ratified an agreement with the US which governs the temporary presence of US military/defence personnel in T&T for mutually agreed activities. The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) at 3.23 pm yesterday announced the ratification of the ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, CMC- Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says Guyana has benefitted significantly from the Venezuelan oil initiative, PetroCaribe, launched in 2005. Hinds, speaking during a special programme on the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), said the initiative came at a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it had ratified the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, which governs the temporary presence of US military-defence personnel here for mutually agreed activities. The government said the agreeme...

(Barbados Nation) BARBADOS AND GUYANA need to solve the immigration issues that have soured their relations from time to time, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Maxine McClean. She made her comment while addressing a reception marking Guyana’s 47th anniversary of independence on Friday ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – International Trade Minister Rickey Skerrit is dismissing claims that the regional integration movement, CARICOM, is no longer relevant to the development of the Caribbean. “There is no alternative to CARICOM, until I see what the alternative is I really don&...