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Montserrat investment mission visits China
Brades, Montserrat -- Following an invitation via China’s commercial attaché based in Antigua, a team from the Montserrat Development Corporation (MDC) visited China last month to attend the 18th annual China International Fair for…
Barbados charting new path for tourism
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The future development of the tourism industry in Barbados must not be left to chance, but there must be a concerted effort from government and stakeholders to provide strategic direction to this vital sector.…
Grenada focuses on increasing visitors to Carriacou and Petite Martinique
St George’s, Grenada -- The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) recently sent a survey team to Carriacou and Petite Martinique headed by CEO Rudy Grant in anticipation of the launch of the Staycation Promotion. The promotion encourages…
Two bodies with gunshot wounds found in St Catherine
Kingston, Jamaica -- Two men were shot dead in separate incidents Monday in St Catherine.
Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE are that about 12:00 pm residents of March Pen road in Spanish Town heard explosions and called the police. It is…
Ebola scare at Piarco Airport in Trinidad
Trinidad, (Trinidad Express) -- Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan summoned security and health officials to an emergency meeting Monday after he was caught in an Ebola bungle regarding safety and precautionary measures at the Piarco…
Indian prime minister to visit Guyana and Suriname
Georgetown, Guyana -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Guyana and Suriname early next year. Since Indira Gandhi's visit to Guyana in 1968, to seek support against Pakistan, no other Indian prime minister has visited Guyana.…
Former Haitian dictator dies
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier died on Saturday, possibly of a heart failure, after he collapsed and hit his head while visiting a close ally near the Caribbean country's capital.…
Supporting the human imagination at work in the Caribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) is supporting the participation of nine CARIFORUM SMEs through funding a collective pavilion at the Innovation Village that forms part of the VIII Americas…
Cops kill robbery suspect in Half-Way-Tree ‘shoot-out’
Kingston, Jamaica -- A motorcyclist was shot and killed by police in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew Monday morning.
Report reaching OBSERVER ONLINE is that he was one of two persons who allegedly held up and robbed a bearer of a large sum of…
Body of farmer found with stab wounds
Trelawny, Jamaica — The body of farmer was found in the parish with multiple stab wounds Thursday.
Thompson Town residents stumbled upon the body along the roadway, about 11:30pm, and called the police, according to reports reaching…
Heroin and over $2 million in smuggled currency seized in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered 1.15 kilograms (2.5 pounds) of heroin concealed within a vehicle arriving from the Dominican Republic on the ferry last Friday and, on evening Monday, CBP…
US customs officers seize currency on ferry en route to Dominican Republic
San Juan, Puerto Rico (CMC) -- Over US$2 million was seized by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency on Monday when officers searched a ferry en route to the Dominican Republic.
The money that was hidden in…
Chik-V crashes buggery showdown in Parliament
Kingston, Jamaica -- Suspected cases of the chikungunya virus has postponed an expected showdown on the buggery legislation in Parliament Wednesday.
The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS), a prominent church group leading…
St Vincent PM responding well to treatment in Cuba
Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is responding well to treatment being administered for a muscle injury.
Communication Consultant in the Office of the Prime Minister, Elson Crick, told the Caribbean Media…
Barbados PM recovering from influenza in Canada
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is recovering in Canada following a bout of influenza, according to an official statement issued here on Wednesday.
It said that Stuart was scheduled here last Monday “after a…