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Regional News

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday December 19, 2017 – A smile on the face of Jamaican dancehall artiste Ninjaman belied the seriousness of the life sentences he, his son and another man were yesterday given for a murder they committed eight years...
WASHINGTON, United States, Monday December 4, 2017 – An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries, including those in the Caribbean, is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organization...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday December 1, 2017 – A Moravian pastor in Jamaica will know in March next year what punishment he will face for having sex with two girls, both minors, after he admitted to committing the acts. Reverend Rupert Clarke...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Saturday December 16, 2017 – Puerto Rico is open for tourism as it kicks-off its winter season on December 20, and just in time for the holidays. More than 100 hotels are open and operating. More than four...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday December 19, 2017 – The Andrew Holness- led Cabinet in Jamaica has given approval for the establishment of a law school at the University of Technology (UTech). Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid says this...
A Trinidadian couple found guilty of attempting to smuggle US$67,538 out of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), has been imprisoned and fined. Online news articles said that in passing sentence on Wednesday on Allan Birju and Rachelle Emrith, a BVI...

Portia tells why

Former St Andrew SW MP says her replacement must not be rude to constituents Portia Simpson Miller yesterday pushed back at critics who likened her endorsement of People's National Party (PNP) Senator Angela Brown Burke to “stabbing” Councillor Audrey Smith...
Twenty-seven nurses drawn from five countries across the region have all successfully completed specialised training in the care of children with cancer and other blood disorders.
THE VALLEY, ANGUILLA, SEPTEMBER 13TH 2017 – “A real waste.” That’s how Kittitian Mr. Bernard Wattley, dubbed Wednesday’s  visit by an empty-handed St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris to hurricane-ravaged Anguilla on Wednesday. ”So the Prime...
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 14TH 2017 – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has announced an evacuation plan to airlift nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis who reside on Dutch...