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Former prime minister and incumbent leader of the United National Congress (UNC) opposition party in Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has been re-elected political leader by an overwhelming majority. Persad Bissessar had been…

The Sierra Club, Island Green Living Association and the Virgin Island Conservation Society have notified FEMA and the US Army Corps of Engineers that they will sue to prevent large-scale burning of debris from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in…

Not even family gets a pass when it comes to Rihanna clamping down on people trying to sell knock-offs of her popular clothing and shoe brands. Her uncle, Leroy Fitzgerald Brathwaite, was hauled before the courts in Barbados yesterday…

The International Monetary Fund is not bowled over by Barbados’ economic progress or the Government’s plans to fix the island’s spiralling debt and falling international reserves. In fact, it has advised the Freundel Stuart…

A new direct ferry service from Miami to Freeport, Grand Bahama, has been launched by FRS Caribbean. The highspeed craft, San Gwann, which was operating between Miami and Bimini Island, has added the second route that will get passengers…

Imagine relocating the entire population of your country in the face of a colossal hurricane and two months later still not being able to get back home. Now imagine spending several nights in a shelter and taking a stroll the next morning…

The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has fired two of its longstanding employees allegedly involved in some racket of financial irregularities, even as an internal investigation is ongoing. While the identities of the employees have not been…

Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry, says Jamaica’s bauxite and alumina industry is on a growth path, driven by the reopening of the Alpart plant in St Elizabeth, by Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) Limited. The company has…

Almost ten months after the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union tabled a proposal for a pay hike, they are still to receive a response from the Government. And union president Oswald Robinson says teachers are losing patience.…

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is changing the name of one of the halls of residence at the St Augustine Campus after almost a century of it bearing the name of a man now accepted as having been racist. The UWI said the Milner…

A visiting Minister from the United Kingdom has virtually heaped scorn on the idea of reparations, suggesting that Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean would be better off looking ahead and not peering into history. British Minister of…

Operators of public service and heavy-duty vehicles in Barbados will be subjected to random drug testing under amended road traffic legislation introduced in Parliament yesterday. Minister of Transport and Works Michael Lashley has also…

A Martiniquan man who went missing after a trip to Saint Lucia last month has been found alive, according to media reports out of Martinique. Jean-Louis Adelaïde was last seen on October 27, 2017 when he reportedly left Martinique for…

Several cruise line brands from world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation, have started returning this month to three of Caribbean’s most popular destinations – Grand Turk, St. Thomas and San Juan. Most of the nearly 100…

Southwest Airlines has started a new international service daily from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Providenciales International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the carrier’s 11th country served.…