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(Antigua Observer) St. Johns, Antigua - Under pressure to deliver a legally required report on the nation’s Citizenship by Investment program (CIP), Prime Minister Gaston Browne has revealed the CIP passport count has surpassed 800.…

(Antigua Observer) The European Union is again urging Antigua & Barbuda to remove the death penalty from its books. Deputy Head of the EU mission for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Silvia Kofler said it’s not good enough for…

(Caribbean360) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has urged the World Trade Organization (WTO) to join a successful year for multilateral diplomacy by delivering trade deals which will drive global economic growth and uplift the poor.…

(Caribbean360) A 43-year-old woman who was born in Trinidad will spend between 25 years and life in prison in New York for killing and dismembering her Guyanese-born tenant and dumping her body parts in several locations. Leah Cuevas, who…

An official request has been made for an investigation into the United National Congress (UNC) December 5 internal leadership elections in Trinidad and Tobago, the Trinidad Express reported. Attorney Michael Rooplal has written to the…

The Supervisor of Elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has denied any wrongdoing in the controversy surrounding the results of last Wednesday’s general election. In a carbon copy of the 2010 results, the ruling Unity Labour Party…

(Antigua Observer) Trinidad and Tobago is among oil-producing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean severely affected by the sharp drop in petroleum prices, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced. It says exports…

(Antigua Observer) Kingston, Jamaica – A 59-year-old teacher will appear in court on January 5 next year after she was charged with beating a student with a ruler at a prestigious St Richard’s Primary School in St Andrew. The Jamaica…

(Caribbean360) A 26-year-old Bahamian man received serious injuries when he was attacked by a shark while fishing in the Bahamas on Friday, according to the US Coast Guard. Richard Pinder of Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, was reportedly diving…

(Jamaica Observer) NASSAU, Bahamas – The Grand Bahamas Human Rights Association (GBHRA) has criticized the Bahamas government over the continued detention of a Jamaican “for the better part of a decade”. The GBHRA said that it was also…

(Caribbean360) St. George’s, Grenada - The search for missing Canadian Linnea Moore Veinotte has apparently come to a tragic end. A partially decomposed body believed to be that of the 36-year-old was found in the south of the island…

(Antigua Observer) Prison sources are still complaining that, despite the alleged outbreak of chicken pox at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), not much has been done to ensure that the virus does not affect more people who either work there or…

Governor General of The Bahamas, Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling used her annual visit to health institutions to speak out against the country’s spiralling crime problem. According to Tribune 242, Pindling said “somebody has fallen…

(Caribbean360) With just about two weeks to go before Christmas, about 600 workers at steel manufacturing company ArcelorMittal’s Point Lisas facility in Trinidad have been left without jobs. The company blamed the decision to lay off the…

(Caribbean360) Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was sworn in last night, five hours later than scheduled as the National Democratic Party (NDP) refused to concede a one-seat defeat to the Unity Labour Party (ULP) in Wednesday’s general…