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Amid a rapid escalation in crime, British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Dr D Orlando Smith says that overseas help should be sought and highly trained police officers returned to active service from retirement if such actions are needed to…

WASHINGTON, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday called on members to suspend Venezuela from the hemispheric group, citing the country’s continued political crisis and failure to hold…

WASHINGTON, USA -- US President Donald Trump's budget proposal reportedly includes a $1.3 billion cut to the US Coast Guard, which would significantly reduce the already minimal national security presence in the Caribbean. The…

Cuba’s foreign trade and investment minister Rodrigo Malmierca has given Collin Granderson, assistant to the secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an agreement that extends the number of products with preferential tariffs.…

Two hundred and fifty skulls have been found in a mass grave in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, says state prosecutor Jorge Winckler. Speaking to TV network Televisa, Mr Winckler said that drug traffickers had used Veracruz for…

Southwest Airlines has begun service from Denver International Airport, Colorado to Belize City, Belize. It’s offering the only available nonstop service between Denver and Belize, beginning last Saturday. Read more:…

A manhunt is underway in Haiti for a bus driver accused of causing the death of 38 people and injuring 13 others in a hit-and-run tragedy yesterday. The bus, owned by transportation company Blue Sky Logistics, was carrying people from…

When the daughter of female constable Nyasha Joseph turns four today, her mother won’t be there to share the occasion. Joseph, 22, who was last week preparing to celebrate with her only child, disappeared without a trace last Thursday.…

The governing Unity Labour Party in St Vincent and the Grenadines is preparing itself for election challenges to be heard in the High Court after the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal reinstated two election petitions filed by the main…

The Jamaican Government is yet to respond to a scathing rebuke by a British parliamentarian who criticized the island’s rejection of a £25 million (US$30.5 million) offer from the United Kingdom government to construct a new prison.…

The long awaited Baha Mar Resort on New Providence Island is set to open in phases, with initial operations at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar expected to begin late next month. Hyatt Hotels Corporation recently announced that Hyatt affiliate has…

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is using messaging service WhatsApp to tackle the sexual exploitation of children via social media. Head of the Corporate Communications Unit of the JCF, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay said a…

An immediate evacuation has been ordered after a massive fire broke out at the city dump in The Bahamas’ capital, Nassau, in the island of New Providence yesterday and continues burning. The order to leave the area immediately, applied…

Despite a credit worthiness downgrade from respected ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P), and a warning that the Barbados dollar is under threat, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has suggested that the latest development is not…

More than two decades ago, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) campaigned under the slogan “We Goin’ with Owen” which led them to a 1994 election victory. Now, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government has picked up the refrain and is…