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(Antigua Observer) TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The Ministry of Health has warned the public to be on the alert in the event that the mosquito born Zika Virus reaches the British overseas territory. According to the Health Ministry,…

(Antigua Observer) Guyana – The police are continuing to probe circumstances surrounding the death of a man and his dog aboard a French flagged yacht found in Guyanese waters. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard reports that a…

(Antigua Observer) Airport officials were kept busy dealing with the effects of a power outage, on Sunday, which caused a temporary halt to some of the operations at VC Bird International Airport. The loss of electricity supplied by the…

Minister of National Security, Dr. Bernard Nottage, met with US officials at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday to discuss concerns surrounding the crime problem in The Bahamas, Prime Minister Perry Christie said. Christie…

(Caribbean360) Government has lifted the ban it introduced more than a year ago on people entering the island from countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus. The Ministry of National Security made the announcement yesterday, saying the…

(Antigua Observer) The first batch of Cuban migrants attempting the enter the United States, are scheduled to depart Costa Rica next Tuesday. According to foreign minister Manuel Gonzalez, the group of 180 Cubans will depart by plane to El…

(Dominica News Online) The Ministry of Tourism is expected to intensify the marketing of Dominica as an ideal tourist destination in 2016. Hon Minister for Tourism, Senator Robert Tonge told GIS News last week that the whole idea of…

(Antigua Observer) St. Vincent, Jan 6, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says too many taxpayers, including large and medium-sized taxpayers, “simply do not pay their taxes as required under the law”. He said the situation exists…

(Caribbean News Now) Haiti - Following a working meeting on Tuesday with President Michel Martelly, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has confirmed in a letter signed by its president, Pierre-Louis Opont, "that it is able to…

An alert has been issued by the Pan American Health Organisation for the Caribbean region as a result of cases of the mosquito-borne Zika Virus that have occurred. The Zika Virus is transmitted by the same Aedes Aegypti mosquito that is…

US President, Barack Obama is expected to meet an extensive international agenda this year including visits to European and Asian nations, as well as Colombia and Peru, with the possibility of also visiting Cuba. Obama’s visit to Peru has…

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica — The man who made headlines in 2012 with his wife after the decomposing body of their two-year-old son was found in a suitcase at their Chisolm Avenue, Kingston home, has again been arrested. This time, he is…

(Caribbean360) Antigua – The Government has stepped in to assist a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set alight by her mother on New Year’s Day, and has sent the teenager overseas for specialist treatment. Shaveesa Gasper suffered second…

(Trinidad Express) Anthony Smith, 30, was yesterday rearrested and slapped with 21 charges involving human trafficking, child prostitution and assault. Among the charges is that of recruiting a child within Trinidad and Tobago for the…

(Caribbean news now) Puerto Rico - US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers completed the seizure of 10,000 counterfeit toy dolls arriving in Puerto Rico in a shipment from China. The estimated domestic value of the…