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(Caribbean360) Roseau, Dominica – Despite an announcement at the end of a meeting of Eastern Caribbean leaders last week that they will settle on one candidate for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General, Dominica is insisting that it is…

(Carib Journal) LIAT has announced it will launch a new, nonstop service from Barbados to Trinidad early next year. Beginning Jan. 18, LIAT will offer daily flights from the Grantley Adams Airport to Piarco International Airport. The…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica – A repeat offender who pleaded guilty to stealing a malfunctioning iPhone he had sold to a student was slapped with a sentence of nine months in prison when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident…

(Antigua Observer) St. John’s Antigua - The payment of salaries for nurses at Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) has now been brought up to date. The hospital’s Chairman of the Board, Bernard Percival told OBSERVER media yesterday that…

Coast Guardsmen on the US Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded approximately 515 kilograms of cocaine, interdicted in the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Caribbean Venture at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, on Friday.…

(Caribbean360) The latest developments in the drug trafficking case involving relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for transhipment into the US.…

(Caribbean News Now) Paramaribo, Suriname – For the second time in four years, Suriname has devalued its currency, this time by more than 20 per cent, following a drop in the oil and gold prices. Suriname’s economy is dominated by gold,…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica — Dancehall artiste Jordan Phillips, popularly known as JCapri, has been hospitalised following a motor vehicle crash early Monday. Reports are that the 'Wine and Kotch' singer was travelling in the…

Following the recent visit of Guyana's President David Granger to Saudi Arabia to attend the Arab-South American Summit (ASPA), Guyana will initiate cooperation with several Arab nations, mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has blamed a conspiracy within her own party and people she trusted for the general election loss on September 7. It appears, however,…

In one week, a decision will be made on a single nominee from the region for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 62nd OECS Authority meeting, Thursday, OECS Chairman Dr Keith Mitchell said…

Antigua’s former Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Collin Derrick appears in court today to answer four charges, including battery on police. Derrick, who was detained for 16 hours earlier this week then released on EC$7,000…

(Caribbean360) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$25 million loan to Trinidad and Tobago to help the twin-island republic improve its trade facilitation processes, part of an effort to…

(Jamaica Observer) Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Brian Wynter is calling on bondholders who will receive $62 billion in repayments in February 2016 to use their cash in ways which will benefit the capital markets and the economy.…

(Antigua Observer) Member of Parliament for Barbuda, Arthur Nibbs said the power of the Barbudan people to approve or deny major projects is stifling development in the sister-isle and should be removed. In making the case for the repeal…