Regional

Cuba -- A delegation from the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is visiting The Republic of Cuba. The members of this delegation include Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Earl Asim Martin, Foreign Minister, the Honourable Patrice…

St George's, Grenada (AP) — US veterans are joining residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a US invasion. The October 1983 operation was dubbed "Urgent Fury" and claimed some 100 lives as US…

St James, Jamaica -- Two men are now dead following gun attacks minutes apart in their community of Mount Carey, Anchovy in St James, Thursday night. Though the police have not linked the two incidents, Observer Online has learned that the…

(SCSCB) Kingston, Jamaica – On October 11 2013 the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), the largest single organization devoted to wildlife conservation in the Caribbean, announced the renaming of the…

Roseau, Dominica – The Council of Ministers of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will hold its twenty-eighth (28th) regular Meeting in Dominica from Thursday October 24th to Friday October 25th 2013 at the Rejens…

Port 0f Spain, Trinidad (CMC) — Police say two 16-year-old suspects were assisting their investigation after the body of a 17-year-old boy was found in a shallow grave in Maracas Bay, north east of Port of Spain on Wednesday. Police said a…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's parliamentary leaders and lawyers escaped on Wednesday from the prosecutor's office with an arrested activist, Andre Michel, who is the subject of an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement in the…

Kingstown, St Vincent (WINN) -- Vincentian lawyer Kay Bacchus Browne has provided another endorsement of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. She said the justices involved get the job done despite having a heavy workload. Bacchus-Browne…

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica -- The Black River Police say they seized 120 pounds of cured ganja in the Round Hill district, Mountainside in St Elizabeth on Tuesday. According to the lawmen, they were on an operation about 7:00 am when a hut was…

DOHA, Qatar CMC – Jamaica’s top female swimmer Alia Atkinson continued her FINA Swimming World Cup campaign with a victory at the Hamad Aquatic Centre on Sunday. Atkinson, who entered the final with the fourth fastest time of 1:07.70 from…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Former Trinidad and Tobabgo Prime Minister Patrick Manning has stated that he is finished with electoral politics. “I have already said that when I am finished with this term of office, I am going to ride…

(CAB) The resilience of the regional banking sector to volatility in global financial markets and its contribution to stability, growth and development in the region, will come under scrutiny here next month. The adaptability of the…

(UVI) The University of the Virgin Islands will host the second annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education at 8 a.m. on Oct. 24-25, in the Administration and Conference Center first floor conference room on the St. Thomas…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidadians are voting in a Local Government election Monday following a bitter and acrimonious campaign reminiscent of a general election in this oil rich twin island republic. The latest opinion poll give…

Kingston, Jamaica - More than 170 Jamaicans will today be conferred with National Awards by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen at King's House in Kingston, as Jamaicans celebrate National Heroes' Day, a day in tribute to and reflection on…