2017

Dominicans are now free to go about their daily business anywhere in the country without having to worry about rushing home to meet curfew. That’s because the final curfew that remained after Hurricane Maria devastated the Eastern…

The defect that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time, the BBC has learned. An experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, safely lowered levels of toxic proteins in the…

England must rebuild trust following off-field incidents in Australia, says wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow "headbutted" Australia's Cameron Bancroft in a bar in October, while Lions batsman Ben Duckett was suspended for pouring a…

The victory for same-sex couples in Bermuda who earlier won the right to get married in the British Overseas Territory has been overturned. Parliament has passed the Domestic Partnership Act 2017, which replaces same-sex marriage with…

(SKNIS): During the 2018 Budget Debates on December 11, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton, Minister of Agriculture, expressed that the agricultural sector has seen significant improvements for 2017. “The output in the agricultural sector,…

The US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused the UN of damaging the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The organisation "has outrageously been one of the world's foremost centres of hostility towards…

England's Jonny Bairstow says he will "take matters further" if Australia's sledging in the Ashes "crossed the line" again. Wicketkeeper Bairstow, 28, said he was targeted during the first Test in Brisbane but did not reveal the nature…

Some four years after then leader of the opposition in Saint Lucia, Stephenson King, wrote to the governor general, Dame Pearlette Louisy, seeking clarification regarding an oil exploration licence purportedly granted to Colorado oilman…

At least 14 UN peacekeepers have been killed and 53 wounded in an attack in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN's Monusco mission said the peacekeepers were attacked by suspected rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces…

Lewis Hamilton says he does not believe he will stay in Formula 1 long enough to beat Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles. Hamilton won his fourth title this year to move within one of Juan Manuel Fangio, but said he was…

A plane crash near the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on Thursday night left all five occupants of the aircraft dead, The Consortium can confirm. Police Commissioner Delroy Richards told The Consortium that the aircraft, a private chartered…

(SKNIS): The over EC$700 million Appropriation (2018) Bill, 2017, which was introduced in the Federal Parliament for the upcoming fiscal year was described as tax-free and has been that way for three straight years, said Minister of Foreign…

(SKNIS): Minister of State with responsibility for Health, Senator the Honourable Wendy Phipps, highlighted the development initiatives that the Ministry of Health has been undertaking since 2015 while giving an account of her portfolio at…

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip have gone on strike and are taking to the streets in protest at US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Israel has deployed hundreds of extra troops…

Ben Stokes and Alex Hales have been named in England's one-day squad for the five-match series against Australia in the new year. Stokes, 26, has not played since being arrested following an incident outside a Bristol nightclub in…