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The board of directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant to support the digitalisation of Caribbean music. This intervention responds to the global shift to digital music distribution, which has placed the…

Following a more than unpleasant welcome to the Olympic Athletes’ Village on Wednesday, the Jamaican delegation has settled in nicely following the official welcome ceremony yesterday. Read more:…

Jamaica has announced it will pay off its PetroCaribe oil debts to Venezuela with food, medication, and fertilizers, instead of cash, at a time when Venezuela is suffering from acute shortages of basic products amid a major economic and…

Nine Trinidad and Tobago nationals were expected to be deported from Turkey late Monday for allegedly trying to travel to Syria to join the terror group, Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said that the men,…

A strong and fast-moving tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean Sea resulted in flash flood warnings being issued for the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico though Monday night. Read more at:…

The Cayman Islands government strengthened its efforts to protect residents and visitors from zika, dengue and chikungunya with the launch of additional mosquito controls involving the release of genetically modified insects on Thursday.…

Local church leaders representing various Christian denominations, including Anglicans and Seventh Day Adventists, are putting aside their doctrinal differences and uniting on a campaign to promote what they see as the biblical basis for…

In a national broadcast on Monday night, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, announced that negotiations will be recommenced as soon as possible with relevant US agencies in an attempt to resolve the dispute with the…

United Kingdom border officials believe they have successfully disrupted an organized crime group after intercepting £3 million (US$3.9 million) of liquid cocaine in a shipment from Barbados. Three men, including a Barbadian, have been…

There will be no Disney cruise ship terminal on Egg Island in the Bahamas after all. The company has announced it has scrapped the controversial plan because impact studies have suggested the island’s marine environment could not sustain…

Countries all over the world, including in the Caribbean, get a lot from China, whether directly or indirectly. But while clothing and consumer goods are what they usually look to the Asian country for, Jamaica is going after something…

The cardiovascular surgery team at Health City Cayman Islands reached an impressive milestone recently by performing more than 150 consecutive surgical procedures without a single surgical mortality. “This is a proud moment for us as this…

The United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is encouraging Virgin Islanders living outside the Territory to come back home to reunite with their loved ones. Newly appointed Director of Marketing Canika John announced the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Say the word “Robocop” in Trinidad and Tobago and the first thing that comes to mind is not the 1987 American action film, but Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, a businessman and allegedly a major crime lord. Police had,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- For the second time in two weeks, the US embassy in Bridgetown has explicitly refuted as untrue claims by regional prime ministers in relation to the deportation of criminals back to their respective countries of…