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Barbadian social and human rights activist, lawyer and Pan-Africanist David Comissiong has been awarded a Medal of Friendship by Cuba for his work in support of the Cuban Revolution and its principles. He received the award, granted by…

The thirty-ninth meeting of the Community Council of Ministers opened on Monday at the CARICOM headquarters in Guyana, under the chairmanship of Guyana’s vice president and minister for foreign affairs, Carl Greenidge. In his remarks to…

Opposition leader, Philip J Pierre, has described recent changes to Saint Lucia’s citizenship by investment programme (CIP) by the current United Workers Party (UWP) government as a “desecration” of the programme. Read more:…

An email leaked to the press on Wednesday revealed that the Christie administration in The Bahamas has exempted China Construction America (CCA) Bahamas Limited, the lead construction firm on the multibillion dollar Baha Mar megaresort…

At a press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit refuted opposition leader Lennox Linton’s claims recently made on CBS’ 60 Minutes about Dominica’s citizenship by investment (CBI) programme, as well as denouncing…

PROVIDENCIALES, TCI -- The ministry of health has reported that eight new cases of the zika virus have been reported in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), including seven on the island of Grand Turk. These persons were seen during the…

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has retained prominent regional attorney Anthony Astaphan SC to pursue a claim for defamation against the opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) and its public relations officer Damani…

Opposition leader in Dominica, Lennox Linton, has been accused of economic treason and of being unpatriotic for his comments during an interview with a US-based journalist. Linton was due to appear as an interviewee on ‘60 Minutes’, a…

Declaring himself innocent of wrongdoing, embattled Antigua and Barbuda ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Casroy James has vowed to return money paid to him by a Brazilian company involved in an international bribery scandal.…

At least one group of Barbudans is still not ready to roll out the red carpet for American actor Robert De Niro and his billionaire business partner James Packer who are planning to revamp and reopen the K Club. The resort, which became…

Young Marine Explorers (YME), a Bahamian marine conservation organization based in New Providence, is working with Coastal Ecology Lab at the University of Miami to document the impacts of Hurricane Matthew on coastal and marine resources.…

The successes of retired Trinidad and Tobago track star Ato Boldon have continued off the track. Boldon, a four-time Olympic medallist and T&T’s most decorated track athlete of all time, has been named as one of the best television…

The largest selling English language daily newspaper in the world, the Times of India, has reported that another Indian-owned offshore university located in Guyana has been defrauding international students, seemingly with the blessing of…

The government of Antigua and Barbuda is acting immediately on a report in Thursday’s New York Times in which it is suggested that unnamed persons, claiming to be linked to the government, were involved in corrupt activities related to the…

A dream vacation for more than two dozen guests at the Buccament Beach Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines has turned into a nightmare. Already forced to cope with scant services as more than 70 workers stage protests demanding…