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Tropical Storm Gert, which became the seventh named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season yesterday evening, could become a hurricane, according to forecasters. But before it does, it’s expected to pass between Bermuda and United…

Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is in shock over the death of one of its Parliamentarians this morning. Representative for St Mary South East, Dr Winston Green, died shortly after 5 a.m. after collapsing at his home.…

On Monday, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, pursuant to an executive order that authorizes sanctions against current or former officials of…

Following last week’s conviction in US federal court in New York of Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng on bribery charges involving Antigua and Barbuda’s former UN representative, John Ashe, the Antigua Observer, in an editorial entitled “Who…

The struggling Puerto Rican economy stands to benefit from a huge injection of cash as the shooting location for Cigarette, the story of the man behind the now-infamous cigarette boats favoured by drug traffickers for their speed and…

On June 29, 2017, Jamaica's first female prime minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, made her final speech in parliament. It marked, at the age of 72, her retirement from representational politics. Simpson-Miller had been under some pressure…

C&W Communications in Trinidad and Tobago is downsizing its operations. The company yesterday offered an undisclosed number of workers voluntary separation packages, a month after executives reportedly informed workers of possible…

The digital era is here to stay but many still lack the skills needed to get ahead in the Internet economy. A 2017 CIGI-Ipsos global survey on Internet security and trust found that a significant percentage of Internet users do not trust…

Weather forecasters are monitoring two systems in the Atlantic, one of which has “medium” potential to become a tropical storm. The one which currently has the bigger chance of developing into Tropical Storm Dan is an area of low…

Two of the eight prisoners authorities thought had been on the run after the jailbreak at the Camp Street Prison, have now been accounted for. And with one of the escapees having been caught on Friday, the hunt continues for the other five.…

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department is to publish new regulations on Cuba on September 15, according to a report on Monday from US-Cuba Economic and Commercial Council. The announcement includes a…

The number of inmates who escaped during Sunday evening’s fiery riot that resulted in Guyana’s main jail being practically destroyed and a prison officer dead, has risen to eight – but half of them have not yet been identified. Mark…

Guyana’s Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, says authorities have the situation regarding prisoners under control, following Sunday evening’s fiery riot that resulted in the country’s main jail being almost completely…

A United States-based global earthquake and structural engineering firm has found that there would be a significant risk of death and destruction if the Great North section of Haiti experienced an earthquake. The study by the Miyamoto…

During a special meeting held on Wednesday by Venezuela’s National Assembly to celebrate the 206th anniversary of the country's declaration of independence, groups of government paramilitaries, known as colectivos, armed with sticks and…