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Marleys Hope To Stir Up Music Scene With Eco-Friendly Turntable
With vinyl making a comeback, the company named after late reggae star Bob Marley is about to launch an eco-friendly turntable – on Earth Day, appropriately.
House of Marley’s ‘Stir it Up’ turntable is constructed from environmentally…
United Airlines to Increase Houston Summer Flights to U.S. Virgin Islands
United Airlines will boost air capacity to the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) this summer.
Following talks with United Airlines executives in Chicago this week, USVI Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty reported the carrier will…
CARPHA: Patients ensured safe, high quality drugs with the establishment of the Caribbean Regulatory…
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)The establishment of a Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) will improve conditions for patients in the Region to receive safe, efficacious, high quality drugs. Speaking at the recently held Opening…
UN Security Council to Vote on Getting Peacekeeping Mission Out of Haiti
The United Nations Security Council will officially vote tomorrow on closing the 13-year-long peacekeeping mission in Haiti as recommended by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Sandra…
New Marina Brings Jobs And Yachting Hub Potential to Vincentian Island
The Vincentian island of Canouan is now home to a state-of-the-art multi-million-dollar marina expected to transform the island into a major hub for yachting.
Glossy Bay Marina is being touted as the first super yacht marina in the…
St Lucia police said to be still committing human rights abuses
A former Saint Lucia government minister claimed last week that officers of the Royal St Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) are still engaged in human rights abuses, despite the fact that in 2013 the United States imposed sanctions against the…
Significant spike reported in counterfeit merchandise seized in Puerto Rico
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Juan Field Operations announced on Friday a significant increase of more than 300% in the seizure of counterfeit merchandise during the first two quarters of federal fiscal year (FY) 2017 compared…
Former minister calls for state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago
In an exclusive interview with Caribbean News Now, former minister of the people and social development, Dr Glen Ramadarsingh expressed the view that the current government has to consider imposing a state of emergency because there is too…
Venezuela president arrives in Cuba for ALBA meeting
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Cuba’s capital Havana shortly after 9 pm on Sunday night to participate in Monday’s meeting of Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Treaty of Trade of…
Fuel price hike ignites mass demonstration in Suriname
For the second day in a row, several thousand disgruntled citizens marched in the streets of Suriname’s capital Paramaribo on Friday, calling on the Bouterse administration to reverse the recent fuel price hike.
Initiated by 30-year-old…
Situation in Venezuela could compel regional response, says US SOUTHCOM chief
The commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Admiral Kurt Tidd, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, as part of SOUTHCOM’s annual Posture Statement to Congress, noted that the deteriorating situation…
Antigua-Barbuda strongly objects to being listed as a tax haven by Illinois
Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday registered strong objections with the US state of Illinois, which has introduced legislation listing Antigua and Barbuda and ten Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries along with six other Caribbean…
Suriname Islamic bank selects Kuwaiti technology partner
Suriname-based Trustbank is one step closer to open its doors to customers interested in Islamic banking products after it signed a new licensing deal with the Kuwait based Islamic software vendor, Path Solutions, to implement Islamic…
Caribbean Outlets Mostly Spared As Payless Axes 400 Stores
Payless ShoeSource outlets in the Caribbean – except for one US Caribbean territory – have not been listed among 400 stores to be immediately shut down by the discount shoe chain.
After weeks of speculation, the footwear retailer…
Brazil Meat Ban Stays in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago isn’t about to follow Barbados and Jamaica in lifting the temporary ban on the importation and sale of meat products from Brazil.
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says it will stay.
Earlier this week, Barbados…