Regional

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.…

Rice imports from Guyana and Suriname will now be allowed into Jamaica, after the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) temporarily halted the clearance of rice at all ports of entry over reports that plastic rice had entered the local market. On…

President David Granger delivered some disappointing news for prisoners hoping to get the Christmas gift of a presidential pardon this year. There will be none this time around. And it’s not because he has lost the spirit of forgiveness.…

Norwegian and Royal Caribbean cruises have now got permission from the Cuban government to sail from the US to the Caribbean island. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings plans sailings on ships from two of its brands, Norwegian Cruise Line and…

Radical changes are emerging on the political scene in the Bahamas as the country’s first female Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner gets down to business after her official appointment by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling.…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s former minister of trade, industry, investment and communications, Vasant Bharath, says that the current foreign shortage situation in Trinidad has reached chronic proportions. Read more:…

AN 18-year-old girl who was yesterday stabbed to death, allegedly by her boyfriend following a dispute at their home on Well Lane in Sandy Bay, Hanover, is the third casualty of domestic violence in the island in two days. Police have…

Hot on the heels of her success at the American Music Awards (AMA), Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna continues her reign with a whopping eight nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards. The impressive tally places her a heartbeat behind…

The days of Dr. Hubert Minnis leading the Opposition in The Bahamas appear to be numbered as political wrangling in his party, the Free National Movement (FNM), comes to a head. In an unexpected move, seven members of the FNM have…

A day after he was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Ten Most Wanted list, a man believed to be a Jamaican national was captured. The man identified by US law enforcers as Marlon Jones was captured after a brief chase in…