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US President Donald Trump has assured US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp of his continuing support for the territory’s hurricane recovery efforts. Updating reporters at Government House, St Croix, on Tuesday, Governor Mapp described…

Damaged homes, businesses and offices are no match for the resilience and determination of residents living in Portsmouth, a town on the northwest coast of Dominica. They have already begun to pick up the pieces after the category…

Noting “today was a better day than it was yesterday”, Governor of the US Virgin Islands Kenneth Mapp reported on Thursday that, not only were roads being cleared, but also debris was being collected from the sides of the roads. The…

rstCaribbean Bridgetown, Barbados, October 2, 2017 -- In the aftermath of the passage of hurricane Maria, the local fire brigade in Dominica has been pressed into service for much of the clean-up and restoration, along with its…

Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has lost his lawsuit challenging his extradition to the United States to answer charges of fraud arising out of the massive FIFA bribery scandal. Delivering a 50-page ruling in the High Court on…

US President Donald Trump will visit the US Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp confirmed at his daily media briefing on Wednesday. Mapp indicated that while full details of the visit are unavailable at the moment, the White House, the…

Funds raised in those territories so far to be donated to local cancer charities Bridgetown, Barbados, September 27, 2017 – CIBC FirstCaribbean organizers of the region’s largest cancer care and awareness event – Walk for the Cure – has…

In support of the people of Venezuela, Canada has announced sanctions on key figures in the Maduro regime to send a clear message that their anti-democratic behaviour has consequences. Chrystia Freeland, minister of foreign affairs, on…

Tobago’s leader of the opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, made a stunning allegation: that A&V Oil and Gas Limited, which supplies crude oil to the state energy company Petrotrin, had defrauded it of almost TT$100 million (close to…

The death toll from Hurricane Maria in the region is now at least 33, with the latest fatalities occurring in Haiti when the Category 3 storm passed close to the French-speaking Caribbean nation yesterday. Officials say one man drowned…

As the halfway point of the two-year LINK-Caribbean Angel Investment programme approaches, over US$500,000 has been awarded to 14 Caribbean companies to support their development to attract angel investment. The World Bank Group,…

An operation run by British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands police officers, alongside British Royal Marines and 47 UK police officers, resulted in the capture of over 100 escaped inmates from the Balsam Ghut prison on Tortola, BVI…

While the world was busy roasting US President Donald Trump for wanting to enforce a technical ban on nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries, no one had seemed to notice that a handful of Caribbean countries, including Guyana,…

Hurricane Maria passed north of Barbados, bringing tropical storm conditions including steady downpours that triggered a flood warning for the island. And as the Category 2 hurricane continues on its track through the Leeward Islands,…

The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is extending its gratitude to its cruise and airline partners for transporting visitors and residents out of the district of St. Thomas and St. John following the passage of Hurricane Irma.…