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(Dominica News Online) A magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred in Dominica on Tuesday, November 3, the US Geological Survey is reporting. The quake occurred at 1:32 pm about four kilometers east of Roseau at a depth 143.4 kilometers. There…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - APPLETON Estate in St Elizabeth is to send home 100 workers, or roughly 30 per cent of its workforce, according to reports from the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU). In addition, deputy island…

(St. Lucia News Online) Police have launched an investigation into a recent gang rape that occurred in Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet on Monday, between 10:00 and10:30 p.m. Police Public Relations Officer Zachary Hippolyte confirmed with St. Lucia…

(Caribbean 360) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti will improve the efficiency and safety of its transportation systems and will advance regional and international integration with a US$65 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank…

Crime overall in Saint Lucia, particularly homicides and murders, have decreased. That’s according to the Third Quarter Crime Statistics Report 2015 revealed by Acting Police Commissioner Errol Alexander and his team which spoke at a press…

CARICOM climate change negotiators and ministers began a two-day meeting in St. Lucia today, to revise and improve the region`s negotiating artillery in preparation for the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United…

In an effort to expand its economic partners, Suriname has forged strong ties with the Islamic world by accelerating its engagement with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the past five years. Paramaribo has now positioned…

Senator Kenneth Gittens, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Judiciary (USVI) is advising the general public, through a press release issued on Monday, of upcoming working sessions in the continued series on Election Reform. “This next…

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said, in New York, that the no vote by the US against the Cuban resolution demanding the lifting of the economic embargo on the island does not fit in with Washington’s discourse about working to lift…

(Jamaica Observer) Port of Spain, Trinidad - The severed head of a man was found on Wednesday at a concrete dumpster in what is described as a crime 'hot spot' in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The gruesome discovery was made about 6:00 am by…

(Caribbean360) Countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were among the 191 nations calling for an end to the decades-old US trade embargo on Cuba, as the United Nations yesterday adopted the resolution for a 24th consecutive year.…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - HEALTH Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson confirmed in Parliament yesterday that the number of baby deaths related to the current bacterial infection crisis has risen to 19. In a statement to the House of…

The owner of a water sports business in Antigua, who is receiving bad press over an incident involving a stray dog at Long Bay, said he is seeking legal advice on the matter. Rolston Roberts, director of Island Watersports, said he would…

In Barbados, a landlord and tenants of a Belle Main Road, St Michael property were left shaken yesterday afternoon following a police raid which ended with the arrests of two men and the reported seizure of firearms and allegedly stolen…

CARICOM has congratulated the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines as they celebrate the country’s 36th Independence Anniversary today 27 October 2015. The Theme “Working Together to enhance National Pride” is quite…