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US VIRGIN ISLANDS – ACCIDENT -Three missing, one survives plane crash
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct 14, CMC - One person survived and three have been reported missing after a small plane that was deliver newspapers crashed on Saturday in the US Virgin Islands. ... Full story
ST LUCIA-ECONOMY-Regional Tax e-filing system to be launched
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Oct. 13, CMC-A project aimed at improving the efficiencies of public services in the sub-region through the use of the regional Tax E-filing system will be launched by the Castries based Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) here Monday. ... Full story
Regional Tax e-filing system to be launched
CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Oct. 13, CMC-A project aimed at improving the efficiencies of public services in the sub-region through the use of the regional Tax E-filing system will be launched by the Castries based Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) here Monday. ... Full story
One survives - three missing in USVI plane crash
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands, Oct 14 CMC - One person survived and three have been reported missing after a small plane that was deliver newspapers crashed on Saturday in the US Virgin Islands. ... Full story
NEW YORK-DEATH- Jamaican entertainer killed
BRONX, New York, Oct. 14 CMC -Jamaican entertainer, Captain Barkey, who gained fame with the 1996 hit, Go Go Wine, was shot dead in the parking lot of a motel in Bronx, New York early Saturday morning. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN- ECONOMY-IMF to distribute gold sales profits to boost crisis lending to Caribbean, low-income countries
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it will distribute about US$1.1 billion in reserves attributed to windfall gold sales profits to its members in order to boost its concessional lending capacity for the Caribbean and other low-income countries during the global crisis. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-IMMIGRATION -Nearly 4,600 illegal Caribbean, other immigrants get deportation reprieve from US
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, CMC – The United States says 179,794 applications have been received, and 4,591 have been approved two months after it started giving reprieves from deportation and work permits to young illegal Caribbean and immigrants. ... Full story
CARIBBEAN-SECURITY- Plan to combat violence in the Caribbean
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct 14, CMC – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the City of Los Angeles have formalized a partnership to improve regional security and reduce gang violence in the region. ... Full story
BARBADOS-POLITICS- DLP hits the campaign trail, confident of victory.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 14, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart declares the sleeping giant of his Democratic Labour Party(DLP) awake and mobilised to win the next general elections. ... Full story
BELIZE-CRIME-Belize gets high-tech equipment to tackle gun crimes
BELMOPAN, Belize, Oct 14, CMC – Law enforcers in Belize welcome new state-of-the-art-equipment which they say could go a long way in solving rising gun crimes. ... Full story
