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Four more Jamaicans have thrown in the towel in the US courts, pleading guilty to their involvement in a lottery scam that bilked at least 90 Americans out of more than US$5.7 million. Dario Palmer, Alrick McLeod and Kazrae Gray all…

The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) now has an additional representative in the House of Representatives after its candidate in one of three by-elections yesterday won a seat that had been held by the main opposition People’s National…

Against the backdrop of 117 murders so far this year in the Bahamas, the country has a new top cop. Anthony Ferguson, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, formally took up his promotion as Commissioner of Police at a formal ceremony…

Vincentian authorities say they’ve been cooperating with their United States counterparts in the probe that led to the indictment of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and former business associate, Rick Gates…

St Vincent and the Grenadines has found itself mentioned in the high-profile investigation into possible ties between US President Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia. When Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a…

BELMOPAN, Belize, Tuesday October 24, 2017 – In a rare show of support, legislators in Belize’s House of Assembly have stamped their approval on amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act, which decriminalizes the possession of marijuana in…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman has been arrested following the killing of a 91-year-old Jamaican man who died from injuries he sustained after robbers invaded his home in Brooklyn, New York. According to media reports, 45-year-old Suzette…

Disaster risk management, climate change, and regional ecosystems and communities were addressed by Caribbean experts gathered in Havana during a workshop on these issues. The event opened last Monday with a question-and-answer session…

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to support the delivery of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Environmental Science (ES) syllabus. This will include…

Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, on Wednesday lamented the slow response by larger countries and international institutions to the recovery and rebuilding of the island of Barbuda which was…

Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson and CEO of BMR Energy Bruce Levy were due to meet this week with energy industry and government leaders from across the Caribbean to discuss renewable energy development following the recent…

For the first time, students from Guyana have copped more Regional Top Awards at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) than students from Trinidad and Tobago. This year, students from Guyana copped three of the awards, while…

The system in the Caribbean that forecasters have been monitoring over the past few days still has a chance of developing into a tropical depression and then Tropical Storm Philippe. But if it doesn’t by the middle of this week, that storm…

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne electrified a gathering of representatives of international agencies and governments in Washington DC on Saturday by reproaching developed states for undermining the development of small…

Bridgetown, Barbados, October 12, 2017 – Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean has seen an increase in its overall support for charitable causes across the English and Dutch Caribbean, according to its latest Social Annual Report. The…