October 2015

(CARIBBEAN360) - NEW YORK, United States, Thursday October 22, 2015 – JetBlue and Seaborne Airlines today began selling flights under a codeshare agreement that will offer customers increased travel options and new destinations throughout…

(CARIBBEAN360) - QUITO, Ecuador, Thursday October 22, 2015 – Crime and violence are taking a big development toll on Latin America and the Caribbean, and key knowledge gaps undermine the ability to formulate effective public policies,…

(CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW) - GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- deepening cooperation in security, health and energy between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States was underscored on Tuesday as Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque received new US…

(CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW) - SALEM, Montserrat -- A most exciting Literary Festival will be held in Montserrat during November. This annual event is spearheaded by the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies under the leadership of…

(CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW) - CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is this week holding a regional workshop on broadband Internet development, in partnership with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union…

(ZIZ News) – The Ministry of Tourism and the St. Kitts Tourism Authority are conducting a series of training seminars with workers in the tourism sector. The first seminar, which took place on Tuesday, saw approximately 70 taxi drivers and…

(ZIZ News) – Top health officials are in St. Kitts for a series of events planned by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States , Pharmaceutical Procurement Services and the local Ministry of Health. The two-day session which comprises…

(ZIZ News) – Sandy Point residents Davereen Brownbill and Chavez Nital are in police custody following a 5am search operation which led to the police confiscating one loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol, three rounds of ammunition and a…

(ZIZ News) – Leading up to the 2015 General Elections of St. Kitts and Nevis, Nevis’ Premier, Hon. Vance Amory came under heavy criticism as many persons said he was not in favour of a Team UNITY coalition. Despite numerous attempts to…

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday October 21, 2015 – Only four months after securing Jamaica’s first ever historic listing to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List, with the Blue and John Crow Mountains, the government is set to begin the…

A British couple from Sheffield has been found hacked to death at their home on the Caribbean island of Tobago. The bodies of Richard Wheeler, 73, and his wife Grace, 67, were discovered by their gardener at 11am on Tuesday morning. Mr…

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, October 21, 2015 – Talks between Venezuela and Grenada on boundary delimitation are expected to resume soon. The issue was raised when Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro visited St. George’s last weekend and…

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CNS) -- A government motion on electoral reform has passed the Cayman Islands’ Legislative Assembly, paving the way for the introduction of ‘one man, one vote’ (OMOV) in single member constituencies and a…

LONDON, England -- The release of a Cuban graffiti artist who had been held in prison for nearly a year after he painted “Raúl” and “Fidel” on the backs of two pigs must herald a new approach to freedom of expression and dissent in the…

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had, five years ago, signaled its willingness to travel to Jamaica to hear cases, the Jamaica Observer has learnt. The London-based court made the offer to then Attorney General and Justice…