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With 43-year-old Andrew Holness taking the helm of government in Jamaica for the second time, his new Cabinet was sworn in on Monday. The new prime minister, who took the oath of office and the oath of allegiance during his inauguration…

The run of bad luck experienced by Royal Caribbean cruise ships of late seems to show no sign of abating, with a man overboard emergency adding to recent incidents including storm damage and an alleged outbreak of norovirus. A man from…

A Caribbean dream holiday turned into a nightmare for a New York family whose daughter was nearly raped and killed by an ex-convict working at the resort where they were staying. The family was vacationing at Covecastles, a cluster of…

The Cuban health ministry has announced the detection of a second imported zika case. The sick person is a 51-year-old Cuban nurse who was working in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. The nurse, a resident of the Manzanillo city, in eastern…

Ahead of a public meeting last Sunday, Nancy Charles, treasurer of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in Saint Lucia, issued assignments to party members to attend church services in the constituency of Anse La Raye/Canaries for the…

A businessman was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before a Roseau Magistrate on Friday on alleged inappropriate behavior involving a minor. READ MORE AT:…

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness is to be sworn in as prime minister on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after the Electoral Office of Jamaica wrote to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen advising that the final count of…

A day after declaring that Guyana’s first crop sugar target was on track to be met, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been hit by strike action. GuySuCo reported that 1,700 sugar workers downed tools yesterday, in the latest…

Minister for Public Works and Ports Ian Pinard has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate conduct with an underage girl. And while police mentioned no names, they say they have started investigations into allegations of unlawful and…

A team of Caribbean and European experts, headed by Professor Adele Jones from the University of Huddersfield, in partnership with The Sweet Water Foundation of Grenada, has been awarded 400,000 euros from the European Union to implement a…

The Rolling Stones have announced they are to give a free concert in Cuba later this month. A band spokesman said the show in the capital Havana on 25 March was "the first open air concert in Cuba by a British rock band". Read more at:…

Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald has put recipients of the Education Loan Programme (ELP) on notice that if they fail to repay their loans they will face court action. Despite the many “success” stories…

The Ministry of Health is reporting a second death linked to H1N1, commonly referred to as swine flu, this month. The latest victim is a 49-year-old woman who died on February 23 at the University Hospital of the West Indies, acting chief…

Bahamas Bar Association president Elsworth Johnson on Friday joined calls for the attorney general to provide answers to lingering questions regarding the release into the general population of two Cubans previously held for three years at…

The number of confirmed laboratory cases of the H1N1 “swine flu” virus has increased from 74 to 81 but there has been only one Zika case, Trinidad’s Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has disclosed. Deyalsingh was speaking at a news…