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Milton Blake joins forces with Luciano for ‘It nuh Over Yet’
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Roots singers Milton Blake and Luciano were friends for over 20 years before they recorded a song together. That first collaboration was done in 2016,...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester have moved to reassure the public that the parish is safe to conduct business amid four murders in Mandevil...
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
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  KINGSTON, Jamaica —In a bid to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has announced it will temporarily relax th...
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Regional private sector group re-affirms commitment to Caricom
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt, through his foundation, has joined the Janet Richards Foundation in a nearly $1 million donation to...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man was killed and two others injured in a gun attack in Cedar Grove district near Mandeville on Tuesday as the bloodshed cont...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in Guyana says one person is assisting its investigations after mercury, valued at GU...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to...
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T&T Appeal Court denies Jamaican lawyer’s bid to go before Privy Council
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December 22, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s Court of  Appeal has denied Jamaican-born  King's Counsel, Vincent Nelson, from going before the...
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OECS defends CBI programmes in Eastern Caribbean
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Jamaican-born pastor pleads guilty to tax evasion scheme in New York
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December 21, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – A Jamaican-born pastor at a church in Brooklyn, New York, has pleaded guilty in US federal court to a tax evasion sche...
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Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday said the 15-member regional integration grouping...
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC)—Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has criticised the regional integration grouping, Caricom, after it issued a...
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NEWARK, New Jersey (CMC)—The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a 41-year-old criminal illegal national from Haiti, w...
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Mottley hints at early 2026 polls
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has given the clearest indication yet that Barbadians could be going to the polls ear...
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Caricom urges quick resolution to visa issue with United States
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)—Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders Friday night urged a quick resolution to the decision by the United States preventing o...
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Bahamas latest Caricom country to establish diplomatic relations with Kosovo
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NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) —  The Bahamas on Friday said that it had established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kosovo, a landlocked country in ...
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Dominica’s opposition leader warns of deepening crisis in country
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ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Leader of the  main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Dr Thompson Fontaine, has painted a grim picture of life in Domini...
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BVI public servants to receive outstanding increments for Christmas
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December 18, 2025
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) – British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley says several public servants will receive most of the...
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Guyana announces $100,000 cash grant to citizens 18 and over
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government is to provide a GUY$100,000 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in cash grant to citizens 18 years and...
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Caribbean countries benefit from PAHO vaccine initiative
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Several Caribbean countries are benefitting from a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) initiative aimed at strengthen...
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Dominica PM believes mis-communication caused US visa problem for Dominicans
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December 17, 2025
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he believes that “a case of mis-communication” could have led to the decisio...
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Trump bans and restricts entry to nationals of three Caribbean countries
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Trump bans and restricts entry to nationals of three Caribbean countries
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Haiti as countries where citizens from ...
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Jamaican man sentenced for defrauding American woman of US$181,000 in sweepstakes scheme
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Jamaican man sentenced for defrauding American woman of US$181,000 in sweepstakes scheme
December 16, 2025
SOUTH DAKOTA, United States (CMC)—A Jamaican man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison followed by three years of supervised rele...
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Venezuela cancels all energy deals with Trinidad and Tobago
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December 15, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (CMC) – Venezuela on Monday said it has with “immediate effect” terminated any existing contract, agreement or negotiation with Tri...
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Trinidad Gov’t gives green light for US military aircraft to transit local airspace
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad's former Caribbean Community (Caricom) and foreign affairs minister, Dr Amery Browne, has described as 'deceptive' ...
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
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  KINGSTON, Jamaica —In a bid to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has announced it will temporarily relax th...
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