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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…

Even with what is regarded as an outright victory in last month’s presidential election, Jovenel Moïse is facing a tough time. Three opposition parties have been successful in challenging the November 20 election results which saw the…

A regional entertainment promotion agency recently came in for a surprise, when one major talent booking agency in the United States demanded that they make certain evidential disclosures required by the FBI pertaining to the origin of the…

There is still a long way to go but experts meeting here last Thursday expressed optimism that slow but steady progress was being made toward introducing region-wide laws, rules and regulations intended to make Caribbean fish and seafood…

Cuba has devised an innovative way to pay off its multimillion-dollar debt to the Czech Republic – innumerable gallons of its famous rum. Cuba made the offer during recent negotiations on the issue, according to the Czech finance…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has delayed the withdrawal of the 100 bolivar bill until January amid protests, looting and economic chaos. Last Sunday, Maduro made the surprise announcement that the 100 bolivar note, which is worth…

According to preliminary results from Thursday’s general elections in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), the British territory has elected its first female premier and at the same time continued a regional trend of ousting ruling parties.…