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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…

(Caribbean360) A Guyanese man is now behind bars in New York after being caught with two Tortuga rum cakes filled with $70,000 worth of cocaine. Romel Samuels, 30, was held without bail when he appeared in court earlier on Wednesday. He…

(Carib Journal) When it comes to Jamaica’s tourism market, the country’s capital, Kingston, has long been an afterthought. The vast majority of tourism development has come in beach areas, most significantly Montego Bay. Now, however,…

(Antigua Observer) Some residents of Greater Georgetown breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after two bandits were shot dead by the police in what is being described as a fierce shootout. Pioneer Lane, South Ruimveldt Park, was likened to…

(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…