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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…

Building on the increase in stay-over arrivals last year, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Tourism has entered the winter season with a strong sales, marketing, advertising and public relations charge. Commissioner of Tourism…

A Hyatt Place hotel is expected to open in the Aruba Airport Business Center in Oranjestad next year. The 116-room hotel will be the first Hyatt Place hotel in Aruba, adjacent to the Reina Beatrix International Airport. Read more:…

Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie is facing criticism after he flipped the bird during a fiery speech at a political meeting of his ruling Progressive Liberal Party. A pumped up Christie made the uncharacteristic gesture while…

Virgin Atlantic is set to launch the only direct flight from London Heathrow to Barbados. The new, twice weekly service will launch on December 12, 2017 to help make Christmas in the Caribbean a reality for even more holidaymakers.…

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…