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The Caribbean has once again taken a prominent position in TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards 2017, with Grace Bay in Turks and Caicos (TCI) copping the second spot, and the region bagging four of the top 10 picks and another six in…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Governor of the Barbados central bank, Dr DeLisle Worrell, was on Friday “relieved of his duties” by minister of finance and economic affairs, Christopher Sinckler. The bank’s board of directors, at a specially…

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Friday February 24, 2017 – A man not known in political circles has been chosen by Haitian President Jovenel Moïse to be the country’s new Prime Minister. Moïse said he and the heads of both chambers of parliament…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados health authorities have dismissed as untrue a report on social media that a 10-year-old boy was infected with the HIV virus after eating pineapple purchased from a vendor who was himself infected.…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Grenada’s governor-general, Dame Cécile La Grenade, has revoked the appointments of seven of the 15 constituency returning officers and deputy supervisor of elections Ada Holder has reportedly resigned in protest.…

An American man who eluded law enforcement authorities in the US for more than a decade, was nabbed in Jamaica last week. Keemeit Melaun Hand, who fled Atlanta, Georgia where he faced cocaine distribution charges, was apprehended during…

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley got a surprise calls from American President Donald Trump during which the leader of the twin-island republic was invited to Washington. Although not much was disclosed about the…

It’s back to the law courts today for embattled Barbados Central Bank Governor Dr Delisle Worrell after receiving a 48-hour reprieve from the High Court on Wednesday to prevent his removal by Finance Minister Chris Sinckler. An upbeat…

Jamaican police are warning that the mischievous use of obscene images on social media is no light matter, and that offenders will face the full weight of the law. Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifford Chambers told the Jamaica…

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) must expedite the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This was the charge president of Guyana, David Granger, issued to heads of government and delegates at the opening…

The citizenship-by-investment (CBI) program has been a life-saver for the people of Dominica – without it, the country would have struggled to recover from Tropical Storm Erika. That was the message from Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit,…

(PRESS RELEASE) – The first cohort of Caribbean nurses undergoing specialist training to care for kids with cancer and blood disorders have all successfully completed the first semester. Thirteen nurses from Barbados, The Bahamas,…

By executive order, US Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp has taken major steps to reduce the cost of government operations, given that cash revenues flowing into the treasury are insufficient to meet current expenses. Noting that the…

Grenada’s notoriously litigious prime minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, is now himself on the receiving end of a defamation claim made by Senator Nazim Burke. In a letter dated January 30, 2017, to Mitchell, lawyers acting for Burke asserted…

Today was the first full day of business at St Vincent’s “bridge to the world”, the new Argyle International Airport, following an official opening yesterday. Excited Vincentians flocked to the facility to get a glimpse of the first…