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Haitian Diplomat Urges Bahamas Not To Jail Nationals On Minor Immigration Offences
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.
Trinidad’s Opposition Distances Itself from Assassination Plot Allegations and Accuses PM of Making…
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…
Bahamas Extends Hurricane Dorian Tax Relief Initiative
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.
Grenadians Depositing ‘Partner Draw’ Now Required To Declare Source Of Funds
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…
Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation
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…
Lawsuit filed against Facebook user who named man a “bandit”
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…
UN Human Rights Group Urges Bahamas To Reconsider Deporting Haitians
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…
Protesters bar Haiti’s president from visiting historic site
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.
Radio Panic FM journalist found dead in Haiti following threats
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.
Jamaica And South Africa Sign Air Service Agreement
Jamaicans will soon be able to travel directly to South Africa following the recent signing of an air service agreement with the country.
LIAT Reduces Flights Due To Unscheduled Aircraft Maintenance
Caribbean airline LIAT says it is working to resume its full schedule of flights by next week, after Friday announcing unscheduled maintenance on two aircraft.
Fishermen live in stain of Venezuela’s broken oil industry
Nobody lives as closely with the environmental fallout of Venezuela’s collapsing oil industry as the fishermen who scratch out an existence on the blackened, sticky shores of Lake Maracaibo.
PM Ralph Gonsalves visits prisons after ‘very troubling’ jail break
Kingstown, St. Vincent, October 8, 2019 (iWitnessNewsSVG): Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves made an early morning visit, on Monday, to Her Majesty’s Prisons (HMP) in Kingstown one week after an accused murderer escaped custody there then …
Government of the Bahamas looking at budget cuts in wake of Dorian
The government is looking at shaving 10 percent off each ministry’s budget in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest confirmed yesterday.
Prison officer charged in connection with jailbreak
On Thursday, Louie Cupid, who has 12 years’ experience as a prison officer, was charged in connection with accused murderer Veron Primus’ escape from Her Majesty’s Prison in Kingstown earlier this week.