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(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) - 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…

(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,…

(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…

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) - Queen Ifrica and Duane Stephenson have been confirmed for the third annual Virgin Islands Nice Peace Concert, scheduled for the territory of St Thomas on November 28. Singer Pressure Buss Pipe, who is from the…

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) - Trinidad and Tobago will not be participating in the 2015 edition of the Miss Universe Pageant, a statement from the Facebook page of the local franchise holder said yesterday. The statement said the decision follows…

A man who was describes as mentally challenged has become the nation’s latest murder victim. Around 9 am 23-year-old Mosi Porter of Pleasant Terrace, John John, Laventille, was waiting with his mother near his home for transportation.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Prime Minister Gaston Browne has announced that the Antigua and Barbuda government has developed a new economic paradigm in moving forward in its relationship with Venezuela that will encompass taking the best aspects…

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman – In an about-turn from previous statements, Cayman Islands Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has revealed that 24 kilos of cocaine and 33 kilos of ganja were stolen during a break-in at the George Town Police…