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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…
Airline Ratings Names Two Carriers Serving Caribbean Among Its Top 10
Two airlines serving the Caribbean have been named among the best in the world, as global product and safety website Airline Ratings announced their annual Airline Excellence and Top 10 awards.
Virgin Atlantic, along with sister carrier…
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…
Government suffers losses in Trinidad local elections; opposition gains ground
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- A nail biting finish to the 2016 local government elections in Trinidad and Tobago saw the People’s National Movement (PNM) government clinching a victory amid losing several districts in a few of the island’s…
Holness, Simpson Miller join regional, world leaders at service honouring Castro
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Regional leaders and tens of thousands of Cubans gathered last night for a service honouring Fidel Castro at Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution where the Cuban leader delivered fiery speeches to mammoth crowds in the years…
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.
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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…
Tropical Depression Forms And It’s Going To Be A Storm Soon
As forecasters had been predicting all last week, a tropical depression has formed over the southwestern Caribbean. And weather experts say it will become Tropical Storm Otto either later today or tomorrow.
The cluster of showers and…
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…
PAHO refutes social media claims over water quality in Barbados
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has denied an allegation circulating on social media that it has warned the Barbados government about the quality of the island’s water supply.
In a statement issued this week, PAHO said it…
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…