Regional

Gerrit Schotte, former prime minister of Curacao, has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison. The judge also ruled that Schotte cannot stand for election to public office for five years. The penalty…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- President of Guyana, David Granger, has been invited by Turkey to attend the upcoming Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) heads of government summit, which will be held in Istanbul from April 10-15. READ MORE:…

A partnership agreement has been signed between FLOW and Advantage Communications Ltd. (ADV) that sets the stage for the telecommunications company’s multi-million dollar investment to repatriate its call centre to Jamaica, and create…

Government has announced a 12-month ban on the importation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), popularly known as unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. It takes effect from April 1. Read more:…

In the first conviction of a non-Swiss financial institution for US tax evasion conspiracy, two Cayman Islands financial institutions pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday to conspiring to hide more than $130 million in…

Monday saw the start of the major anti-corruption case against the lottery king of Curacao, Robbie dos Santos. The man who sells the most lottery tickets on the island is charged with 16 criminal offences. According to the Public…

More than seven years after CLICO (Bahamas) Limited went into liquidation, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced on Monday that policyholders who are still current will begin to receive payouts before the end of the month. During his…

As renewable energy demands increase globally, bio-fuel developer Benchmark Renewable Energy LLC has announced plans to develop a large-scale bio-ethanol operation in Jamaica. The company has confirmed that the project will include the…

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…