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(Antigua Observer) In wake of recent pickets by opposition groups against government policies, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has issued a stern warning that he will not tolerate any action that will “stymie” economic development. In his…

(Caribbean360) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized US$600,000 worth of cocaine that was on a flight that arrived at the Philadelphia International Airport from Montego Bay, Jamaica over the weekend. Officers made no…

(Caribbean360) The search for missing Canadian woman Linnea Moore-Venoitte continues, with all past and off-duty officers being called into action. But there are conflicting reports about whether the apparently abducted woman was hit by a…

(Antigua Observer) 24 year old Regis Burton is among 60 young people from across the Commonwealth who are being recognised as exceptional leaders in their community. They will receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Burton is…

(Caribbean360) Finance Minister Chris Sinckler believes Barbados could become the first green economy in the Western hemisphere. He says the country’s efforts to date on climate mitigation and adaptation were admirable and, as it moves…

(Antigua Observer) A regional Muslim leader is calling for the Caribbean to not overreact to the recent global terror surge, while warning that many other issues should have already prompted the improvement of border security. These…

(Jamaica Observer) THERE were loud cheers for Clifford ‘Narado’ Clarke as he ascended the steps of the Gloria Johnson Multipurpose Building at the Moneague College recently to collect his Bachelors in Business Administration, Human Resource…

(Tribune242) HUMAN rights advocates are deploring the fact that a man, who recently had charges of illegal entry dismissed in Magistrate’s Court, is being held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre awaiting deportation. Fred Smith, QC,…

(Barbados Today) Effective midnight, Barbadians will pay less for gasoline, diesel and kerosene. The retail price of gasoline will drop from $2.80 per litre to $2.78 per litre, while diesel will move from $2.09 per litre to $2.07. Kerosene…

(Antigua Observer) A new study has found a strain of disease is threatening the global banana industry. The study, published in PLOS Pathogens, found the disease called Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) is sweeping parts of the globe,…

A US Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued four men southeast of Great Inagua, Bahamas, from their life raft after their vessel sank Friday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 7th District Command Center received a distress signal from an…

A well-known Jamaican-born community activist in South Florida has been jailed and ordered to pay US$3.68 million in restitution for using her tax preparation business to facilitate an income tax refund fraud. Pamella Watson, a Certified…

The Trinidad and Tobago Magistrates Court has postponed, until February 19, the hearing in relation to former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner's extradition to the United States to face multiple racketeering, corruption and money laundering…

During his “90 Minutes” show on the government owned Radio Saint Lucia last Friday, local broadcaster Shelton Daniel revealed what he described as a million US dollar drop off of funds at a hotel in the north of Saint Lucia by a suspected…

A telephone hotline number has been set up to allow people to share information they may have on Trinidad and Tobago nationals who may be heading to join the international terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The…