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Castro Laid To Rest, Mourning Ends

In a private ceremony that was in stark contrast to the public mourning and tributes paid to Fidel Castro since he died on November 25 at the age of 90, the ashes of the late Cuban leader were laid to rest this morning in the city known as…

Secrets Cap Cana Resort And Spa Opens In Dominican Republic

The doors to the adults-only resort opened on Monday, as the 15th property in the Secrets’ portfolio. The 457-room property located within the exclusive gated community of Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic, also marks a new destination for…

Violent protests follow preliminary election results in Haiti

A few hours after the publication on Monday night of the preliminary results of the presidential election of November 20 in Haiti, supporters of other parties and candidates, who challenged the declared victory of Jovenel Moïse, took the…

Torrential rains hit the Caribbean

Torrential rains and flooding hit several Caribbean islands this week, bringing some relief to a drought in the region so severe that Suriname is considering exporting its water to hard-hit islands by towing it in giant bags made from…

Sickness Hurting LIAT’s Bottom Line

Absenteeism is costing regional airline LIAT millions of dollars in revenue. The Antigua-based carrier said it is losing millions of dollars in revenue because of crew-affected illnesses. Read more:…

Former Barbados PM Says Sandals Concessions Were A Bad Move

Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur is contending that tax concessions granted to the Caribbean hotel chain Sandals are hurting the island’s finances, already reeling from a decline in revenue from the offshore financial services sector.…

Fidel Castro’s death brings joy and grief

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- The death of Fidel Castrotriggered both celebration and mourning as critics welcomed his passing while supporters grieved for the polarizing strongman who dominated Cuba for decades. Castro died Friday at 90. His…

Prince Harry Begins Whirlwind Caribbean Tour

Prince Harry touched down to a red-carpet welcome yesterday at the VC Bird International Airport in Antigua aboard a British Airways commercial flight, beginning his 15-day visit of several Caribbean countries, including St. Kitts and…

Electoral violence in Haiti unacceptable, says US embassy

Just days before the elections scheduled for Sunday in Haiti, the US embassy in Port-au-Prince said that electoral intimidation and violence are unacceptable and have negative impacts on citizen participation in elections, pointing out that…

Panama Papers law firm fined $440,000 by BVI regulator

The British Virgin Islands independent regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), has fined the local arm of the Panama Papers law firm, Mossack Fonseca, $440,000 for its contravention of numerous sections of the Anti-Money…