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(Antigua Observer) The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday, suspended its search for a passenger who fell off the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Oasis of the Seas. According to cruise ship workers, early Friday Bernardo Albaz, 25, jumped from the…

(Caribbean360) Bridgetown, Barbados – Barbados is the latest Caribbean country to be hit with a travel advisory because of crime. In a security message for American citizens, the Embassy based in Bridgetown today advised of “a recent surge…

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced on Saturday night that December 9 will be the date for General Elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Nomination Day is November 20. Addressing supporters of his ruling Unity Labour Party…

Ruling party candidate Jovenel Moïse and Former Government Executive Jude Célestin led voting in Haiti's Oct. 25 presidential election and will face each other in a run-off next month, according to official results announced on Thursday.…

Many residents were reacting on Friday with outrage and fear over the contents of a disturbing recruitment video produced by the Ar-Raqqah Province of the Islamic State (IS) featuring what appear to be four fighters from Trinidad and…

(Jamaica Observer) The United States is providing US$350,000 to Guyana under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The funds will assist the country to effectively tackle the illegal drug trafficking problem and provide…

(Antigua Observer) St. Johns, Antigua - Mystery surrounds the start of a structure purported to be a bar and restaurant which sits atop the gutter on lower Tanner Street. The wooden structure, which was erected on concrete piles, appeared…

(Caribbean 360) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Richard Byles, says Jamaica has surpassed the quantitative targets for the July to September quarter under the four-year Extended Fund Facility…

(Jamaica Observer) At least three adult patients at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) have been infected with a strain of a multi-drug resistant bacteria, two of them in serious condition. A source close to the situation stated yesterday…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 4, CMC – British Queen’s Counsel Timothy Straker is expected to continue his arguments Wednesday defending the position of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) that the Elections and Boundaries…

(Caribbean 360) Government has announced that its debt exchange offer launched a month ago received the overwhelming support of local creditors. Holders of 94 per cent of the country’s U.S. Dollar Bonds due 2025 and 100 per cent of E.C.…

The Colombian Coast Guard rescued 20 Cuban migrants, on Sunday, who were on a boat that had been abandoned by human traffickers in the Gulf of Uraba, the Navy said. The migrants, 15 men and five women, were found aboard the boat adrift in…

The Minister of National Security, Edmund Dillon, has strongly condemned the recent increase in homicides in Trinidad and Tobago, especially the spate of attacks on the lives of National Security officers. Dillon expressed concern that…

(Caribbean 360) Every time someone showers, shampoos, applies moisturizers or sunscreens, they expose themselves to dozens of controversial, possibly harmful chemicals. Called parabens, these chemicals may be more dangerous at low doses…

(Antigua Observer) Antigua & Barbuda - Former Principal of State College Peecheta Spencer is championing the calls for the Five Island secondary school to remain as the intended purpose — a school for students in the neighbouring…