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Barbadians and visitors on island are being warned to expect a low-flying light aircraft above for the next week.

University students in Venezuela have staged a protest calling for an end to President Nicolás Maduro’s rule.

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has been given the go-ahead to secure a loan of US $15.8 million (approximately EC $40 million) with Banco del ALBA, to purchase additional shares in regional carrier, LIAT.

Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet moved a Motion in the House of Assembly on Tuesday October 29th for an amendment to the Value Added Tax Act to Zero Rate the service of printing.

Oil slicks washing up on beaches along more than 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) of Brazil’s northeast coastline could be the worst environmental “attack” in the country’s history, the chief executive of state-run oil giant Petrobras said on…

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse said on Monday that he had asked for humanitarian aid from the US government, as protesters demanding his resignation were on the streets for another week of demonstrations that resulted in the closure of…

A Haitian diplomat is appealing to the Bahamas government not to imprison nationals from his country who have been convicted of minor immigration offences even as Nassau continued the programme of deporting illegal immigrants last weekend.

The main opposition United National Congress (UNC) has denied any involvement in any alleged plots to kill the country’s Attorney General or Prime Minister Faris Al-Rawi. In fact, it charged that the claims made by Prime Minister Dr Keith…

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced an extension of the Exigency Order issued in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian that slammed into the island chain over a month ago.

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) says, as part of its efforts to combat financial corruption and money laundering, persons now depositing funds into financial institutions achieved through the traditional form of savings known as…

Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world’s cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tank these days costs a tiny fraction of a U.S. penny. But the economy is in such shambles that drivers are now…

MINISTRY of Health staff member Vibert Small has initiated legal action for defamation against the woman who accused him on social media of being a “bandit pretending to spray for mosquitoes.” His attorneys are now demanding that Sharon…

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the Bahamas to refrain from deporting Haitians after Nassau earlier this month deported more than 100 Haitians less than two weeks after Prime Minister Dr…

Haiti’s embattled president was forced on Thursday to hold a private ceremony amid heavy security for what is usually a public celebration of one of the country’s founding fathers.

Néhémie Joseph, a reporter for the privately owned stations Radio Panic FM and Radio Méga, was found dead in his car last night, in the Bayas area of the city of Mirebalais, according to The Associated Press and local media.