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Royal Bank of Canada’s Trinidad customers lose money to fraudsters
(Caribbean360) Trinidad – Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in Trinidad and Tobago is working to reimburse debit card holders of thousands of dollars fraudsters took over the long Christmas holiday.
The bank confirmed in a statement that it was…
A passport to save the economy | Sir Ronald Sanders
(Caribbean 360) Antigua – Several countries in the Caribbean now operate a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) under which high-worth foreigners can obtain citizenship and passports of these countries.
The CIP has detractors both…
Cops seize homemade firearm in St Elizabeth
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica – The Malvern police are reporting that they seized a homemade firearm in Retirement district, Malvern, St Elizabeth today.
Reports are that about 8:00 am, a team of officers conducted an operation when an…
Earthquake shakes part of Lesser Antilles
Residents of Martinique, St. Lucia and Dominica have reported feeling a 5.5 magnitude which occurred in the early hours of this morning.
According to the University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Centre (SRC), the quake occurred at a…
Jamaica Broilers reports increases in profits, revenues
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica Broilers Group recorded revenues of $9.17 billion for the quarter ending October 31, a six per cent increase on the $8.68 billion for the corresponding period last year.
At the same time, the vertically…
St Lucy man accused of killing mother of his six children
(Barbados Today) A St Lucy man has been remanded to jail after appearing in the Holetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on a murder charge.
Alliston Greaves, 46, is charged with last Wednesday’s stabbing death of Cally-Ann Gill.
Gill, 35,…
Dominica: Chinese national robbed, shot in knee
(Antigua Observer) Police are carrying out investigations into an alleged robbery and shooting of a female Chinese national at Fond Cole on December 23, 2015.
According to reports from Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Sergeant Pellam…
Guyana: Man kills self after torturing teen lover
(Antigua Observer) A jealous young man took his life on Boxing Day, hours after terrorizing his teenage girlfriend and escaping from the Grove Police Station.
Lorenzo James, 21, who resided at Duncan Street and at Lot 218, Grove, East Bank…
Increased Social Security, Medical Benefits and water rates in 2016
(Antigua Observer) Residents may have to consider adding stricter budgeting to their list of New Year’s resolutions after government hinted that residents may have to contribute more to both the Social Security and Medical Benefits (MBS)…
Zika Virus confirmed in Martinique, PAHO reports
Martinique has become the latest Caribbean island to report the Zika Virus (ZIKV), according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
In its latest epidemiological report, for the week of December 20 to 26, PAHO added Martinique as…
Haiti’s Presidential And Legislative Runoff Elections Postponed
The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) in Haiti has announced that the elections of local authorities and the partial parliamentary and presidential runoff ballot that were scheduled for December 27, 2015, have been postponed until…
UN Concerned Over Political Uncertainty In Haiti
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over growing political uncertainty in Haiti and urged the two candidates in the presidential run-off there to help the electoral process move forward while preserving the…
Position NDP leader confirms NDP arguing positions in court
(Antigua Observer) Leader of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace says lawyers will return to the courts next Monday as they seek access to certain electoral documents, ahead of election petitions to be filed by the…
Government mum on media reports regarding dismissal of Central Bank Governor
(Antigua Observer) The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday refused to confirm or deny media reports that Central Bank Governor Jalawa Rambarran has been dismissed from his post.
“I have been saying for the last few weeks that the only…
Cocaine found in fried fish on Jamaican flight – among top 10 seizures in 2015
(Antigua Observer) The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says cocaine found in fried fish on a flight from Jamaica was among its top seizures in 2015.
In a report on Wednesday, CBP said on June 15, its Office of…