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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A KFC cashier who is accused of dousing a customer with hot oil, causing him to be hospitalised with secondary burns about his body, was yesterday placed on $45,000 bail. Erica Fonrose, 32,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesman on finance and planning Audley Shaw, says that a weakness with the Insolvency Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, is the lack of protection for debtors, who are…

Port au Prince, Haiti -- The death of former Haitian ruler Jean-Claude Duvalier must not halt the investigations and prosecutions owed to thousands of people killed, tortured, arbitrarily arrested and disappeared under his regime, Amnesty…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- High Court judge Justice Frank Seepersad has dismissed as premature a constitutional motion filed by the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) challenging the constitutionality of the Constitution Amendment Bill in…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…