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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 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-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…

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…

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…

Industrial action by employees of regional airlines LIAT seems to have been averted – for now. Chairman of the shareholder governments, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines, yesterday evening announced that…

On the heels of horrified tourists witnessing the killing of two orcas in Vincentian waters, a cruise ship has taken strong action in protest of the age old tradition. TUI Discovery stopped short of pulling out of the destination, but…

Questions are being raised and a call for an investigation has been made along with a threat of legal action, following the death of a Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) soldier. Warrant Officer Omar Samaroo, 47, was found slumped…

The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) said in a statement on Monday that it has no other choice but to call on the shareholder governments to remove the current LIAT management. “We reluctantly make this call because we…

Barbados’ private sector has put the Government on notice that it can no longer maintain current job levels as it struggles to withstand the pressure from the deteriorating economy. President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce Eddy Abed…

Trinidad and Tobago has been making an all-out pitch to refine Guyana’s oil, insisting that such a move would be in best interest of CARICOM. Top officials in the twin-island republic made a strong case at the Guyana Oil and Gas…

Four people are dead and more than a dozen are being treated for serious injuries following an explosion in St Lucia’s north yesterday evening. It occurred at a quarry as workers welded a container carrying dynamite. Neighbouring…

Close to 100 Jamaicans could lose their jobs as Scotiabank embarks on a restructuring exercise. Bank officials confirmed the staff cuts but declined to announce the number. Read more:…

The US Coast Guard offloaded approximately 929 kilograms of cocaine on Tuesday in St Croix, US Virgin Islands, and another 400 kilograms of cocaine on Sunday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The offloads come after two recent at sea…

A man and his ex-wife have been charged with killing a young policewoman who joined the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service just four months ago. Kenneth and Melissa Browne appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port…