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A row between Sandals and the Antigua and Barbuda government could be headed to the law courts, if the hotel goes ahead with its threat to sue Prime Minister Gaston Browne for statements which it says are defamatory and have the potential…

Acting prime minister of Dominica, Rayburn Blackmoore, announced on Thursday that 316 residential units will be constructed, commencing July 1, for displaced residents of Petite Savanne following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika. The…

Swimming swine were stars of national television in the United States, as NBC’s Today Show featured the swimming pigs of Exuma this week. Today correspondent Kerry Sanders traced the emergence of a colony of pigs on Big Major Cay, Exuma as…

A Vincentian man who is currently facing murder and kidnapping charges in his homeland, has now been indicated for the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was strangled in the United States 10 years ago. US authorities say they are sending an…

The Ministry of Health has condemned those responsible for recording and circulating a video showing two mentally challenged people being ordered to perform sexual acts, for a bottle of soda. The video has been posted on social media.…

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is investigating the police shooting of four civilians yesterday afternoon. The initial report from police is that the four men were shot during a confrontation with lawmen in Old…

A chronic disease expert is not backing down from her call for higher taxes on unhealthy foods. Director of the Barbados-based Chronic Disease Research Centre, Dr Alafia Samuels said the measure would serve the dual purpose of raising…

The deputy political leader of the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) was yesterday sworn in as a Government Senator to replace Hafeez Ali, who quit his post after nude videos of him were posted online and he found himself at the…

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) has apprehended 199 Haitians off the west coast of the Bahamian island of Andros. The BDF was on routine patrol near north Andros last Friday when it was diverted to investigate the sighting, which…

On the heels of United Airlines’ December 2015 launch of non-stop service from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to St. Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport, visitor arrivals from the United States Midwest region have increased by a…

Can electrical shortages be seen as a form of censorship? Without electricity, communications via citizen media -- a process by which citizens participate and influence their communities -- cannot go very far. In the midst of the economic,…

The man who served as number two to Dr. Kenny Anthony when he was Prime Minister has been chosen to be his successor at the head of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) – at least for now. Former Deputy Prime Minister Philip Pierre has been…

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially launched an OECS youth strategy under the brand OECS YES. This strategy was developed based on the need for greater attention and action to issues directly…

Bahamians on Tuesday resoundingly rejected the four gender-equality questions in the second constitutional referendum in an independent Bahamas, delivering an unquestioned and blistering defeat to the yes camp, and refusing to accept the…

A recent UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on world heritage sites in danger from climate change received widespread media attention after the Australian government requested the removal of a chapter on…