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Antigua and Barbuda will have a Sexual Offences Model Court this year. It is being established by the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project in collaboration with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the…

The effect of the inappropriate depiction of Haiti, El Salvador and all African nations as “shithole” countries is a matter that the people of the United States of America and their government and Congress should contemplate seriously.…

Police are investigating the crash of a private plane in the Bahamian island of Eleuthera that left one man with minor injuries. The incident occurred at the Governor’s Harbour Airport shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, as the Pineapple…

The Volcanic and Seismological Observatory in Martinique has sought to dismiss reports of volcanic activity at Mount Pelée. Images were being circulated via WhatsApp yesterday accompanied by claims that the volcanic mountain in the…

With the murder on Monday of a 14-year-old high student, Joshua Andrews, the murder count in Trinidad and Tobago for 2018 already stands at 21. Andrews was shot and killed in an apparent ambush while he sat inside a taxicab. The driver,…

Jude Alix Patrick Salomon, the minister of the economy and finance, has revealed that the financial sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against Venezuela, including limiting banking transactions, have resulted in Venezuela no…

Trinidad and Tobago looks set to get its first female President, with a judge nominated to succeed Anthony Carmona as the next head of state. Meantime, another female jurist will today become Barbados’ next head of state. Read more:…

One year after the infamous CBS 60 Minutes piece “Passports for Sale” in January 2017, on Saturday it was NBC’s turn in a report entitled “Hurricane-hit countries slash cost of citizenship-by-investment programs”. NBC noted that…

Investigations have begun into what caused a small plane to crash after taking off from the airport in Turks and Caicos’ capital, killing both people on board. Acting Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting confirmed that the fatal crash…

Guyana’s President David Granger pardoned five females from the New Amsterdam Prison just in time for Christmas. The women released on Christmas Day ranged in age from 24 to 54. Read more:…

On the heels of her visit to New York and Atlanta in November, U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty is reporting a planned increase in air service to the Territory following a meeting with Spirit Airlines in…

Caribbean hoteliers should plan now for an increase in insurance premiums anticipated to range from 10 to 40 percent following two Category 5 hurricanes, which struck several destinations in the region in September. Scott Stollmeyer,…

Recent hurricanes have left unprecedented devastation across the Caribbean and it is a traumatic time for all those who live in the region. Whole communities and towns have been decimated, and the global community needs to act quickly and…

The two South American neighbours and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries, Guyana and Suriname, members of the Islamic bloc, have been invited to attend a special summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on…

Dominicans are now free to go about their daily business anywhere in the country without having to worry about rushing home to meet curfew. That’s because the final curfew that remained after Hurricane Maria devastated the Eastern…