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St. John’s, Antigua – LIAT – The Caribbean Airline has held discussions with the pilots’ trade union LIALPA following the industrial action today which left several passengers stranded throughout the regional network. Only a limited number…

Port Of Spain, Trinidad -- Following a series of elections that began in January and ended in November 2013, the question arises as to whether or not the country had a productive year under the shadow of so many elections in a short period.…

Brades, Montserrat (GIU) -- A leadership team put together by Minister of Education Colin Riley has announced plans to deal with the discovery of materials thought to contain asbestos at the Montserrat Secondary School (MSS). Following…

St. John’s, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise its passengers that due to action taken by its airline pilots’ trade union LIALPA, pilots who were scheduled to fly this morning, Tuesday, November 5, 2013, have not reported for duty. The company…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The People’s Partnership coalition government has suffered yet another defeat in what has been a marathon series of elections in Trinidad and Tobago this year. The closely contested by-election in the marginal…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines government Monday presented instruments to 185 persons in the Central Leeward town of Barrouallie allowing them to purchase lands at EC$0.10 cents per square foot. Some of…

St Ann, Jamaica – Police from the St Ann Division yesterday were able to capture two of three prisoners who escaped from the Brown’s Town lock-up in May of last year. The escapees were captured in the Hampstead and Scarlett Hall areas of St…

St. John’s, Antigua– LIAT wishes to advise its passengers that due to action taken by its airline pilots’ trade union LIALPA, it is anticipated that the following flights will experience delays: LI 361 –…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- About sixty banana farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be receiving their IMPREST payments for the 2013 period. Out of the EC$750,000.00 to be paid, about EC$280,000.00 will be paid to the famers who have…

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Vincentian Magistrate Rechenne Browne-Mathias after presenting the Child Justice Bill to the second working session of the National Juvenile Justice Reform Project Training Conference yesterday…

Kingston, Jamaica - The government has signed an agreement that will see $250 million being pumped into the infrastructural development of 23 high schools and community based sporting facilities across the island. The high school sports…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A visit to the home of a dead friend Sunday night, could have been fatal for three men who were shot and injured by a gunman in an Above Rocks, St Catherine community. Observer Online has learned that the three…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – An autopsy is expected to be performed Monday on the body of a 30-year-old man, who police said killed himself while in their custody over the weekend. Police said Kevin Singh committed suicide by slamming…

Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – About two hundred social and juvenile justice sector practitioners converged on the Methodist Church Hall on Thursday morning, for the first ever two-day SVG National Juvenile Justice Training…

St George's, Grenada -- As expected, the income tax threshold is being lowered in Grenada as the country prepares to usher in a home grown structural adjustment programme, part of broader plans to revamp the economy. Meanwhile, the…