NEW YORK (CMC): A pregnant Jamaican-born woman was found stabbed to death in her Brooklyn, New York, apartment one day before her wedding.Cops said that Vindalee Smith, 38, just two weeks away from giving birth...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States Department of Transportation (DoT) has said it is investigating the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) for keeping passengers on an international flight for more than four hours....
BARBADOS BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Hurricane Rafael, a Category One storm, posed a threat to Bermuda yesterday, where power outages have already been reported.A number of airlines, including British Airways and WestJet, have cancelled flights ...
GUYANA GEORGETOWN (CMC): Thirty-six years after a Cubana plane was bombed off the coast of Barbados, killing all 73 people, including 11 Guyanese nationals, President Donald Ramotar is calling for justice....
Stung by a 47 per cent pass in mathematics in the 2012 Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations, the government of St Kitts and Nevis has devised a programme to immediately increase the performance of its students.
SAN JUAN (CMC): At least six people have died from dengue fever in Puerto Rico, including two children under the age of 10. Stemming from this, the island's health department has declared a dengue epidemic....
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service yesterday denied that it had been ordered by National Security Minister Austin 'Jack' Warner not to disclose figures on murders in the country as the opposition warned of dictatorial tendencies...
President of the Association, Erma Joseph, said the group is ready to work in consultation and partnership with government to ensure that the Convention is effectively undertaken.
A 49-year-old Grenadian man will re-appear in court on November 1, charged with 76 counts of sexually assaulting his two step daughters over a nine-year period.
Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM
KINGSTON (CMC):The Jamaica Government has called on the Barbados authorities to state how a 25-year-old Jamaican national died while in prison in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it has requested a report...
Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):A Haitian official says that 12 people have died in a road accident outside the Caribbean nation's capital.Nadia Lochard of Haiti's Civil Protection Office says the Tuesday night accident occurred near the eastern town of Fond...
Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM
SAN JUAN (AP):A military judge has rejected a request to allow media outlets to broadcast a war crimes tribunal at the United States (US) base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying in a ruling released...
Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM
FLORIDA (CMC):United States officials say drug traffickers are increasingly using submarines in the Caribbean Sea to smuggle drugs into the country.They said after years of detecting diesel-propelled submarine vessels in the less-trafficked Pacific...
Published:Thursday | September 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM
CASTRIES (CMC):The St Lucia government yesterday expressed its disappointment at the decision by Canada to impose visa requirements on nationals entering the North American country.In a brief statement, the Kenny Anthony administration said it is...
