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(Caribbean360) Havana, Cuba – Denia Arrascaeta suffers water shortages on a near daily basis in the neighbourhood in the Cuban capital where she lives. “Sometimes I don’t even have water to drink,” she told IPS. At her grandmother’s house,…

(Antigua Observer) Kingstown, St. Vincent – The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) says it will win at least 11 seats in the December 9 general election. “The last poll that we had done by the New Democratic Party showed our…

(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain, Trinidad - In a first of its kind ruling, national Kareem Ibrahim has been declared a terrorist by the Trinidad and Tobago High Court. Ibrahim was convicted in the United States and sentenced to life in…

Disgruntled over the way the management wants to sever the relationship with more than 150 employees, workers shut down operations at the Rosebel Gold Mine (RGM) in Suriname, early Tuesday morning. RGM is a subsidiary of Toronto-based gold…

(Caribbean360) Kingstown, St. Vincent – The Organization of American States (OAS) will send an electoral mission to observe next Wednesday’s general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines. An agreement to that effect was signed this…

(Dominica News Online) The educational journey for some 14 students from across the island, who were either affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Erika or in need, has gotten a bit easier thanks to scholarships from the Canada-Dominica…

(Antigua Observer) The postcards portray sand, sea and sun. The Bahamas is a coral-based archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, comprising 700 islands and cays that range from uninhabited to resort-packed. The northernmost, Grand Bahama, and…

Dorothea Hodge, the UK and EU Representative to the Government of Anguilla, has resigned in protest at what she described as "governance at gunpoint". In a lengthy letter to Chief Minister Victor Banks, Hodge said that it was with a heavy…

(Caribbean360) San Jaun, Puerto Rico – Nine months after a visiting American family nearly died from exposure to methyl bromide in St John in the US Virgin Islands, authorities have concluded that the use of the banned pesticide was not an…

(Caribbean360) Kingston, Jamaica – Tourism authorities are lobbying for the city of Kingston to be designated a Creative City by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A local delegation is making a…

(Caribbean360) Bridgetown, Barbados – Agricultural officials are pushing for heightened biosecurity on poultry farms across the region in a bid to prevent avian influenza – better known as bird flu – from wiping out the multimillion poultry…

As predicted by Former Minister Vasant Bharath, one of three contenders for the leadership of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) in Trinidad and Tobago, the campaigning has turned nasty and, according to local media, internecine…

As the highly anticipated Climate Change Conference begins today in Paris, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) lead Head on Climate Change and Sustainable Development is issuing a grave warning. St. Lucia’s Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony…

(Antigua Observer) St. Maarten – The multi-disciplinary team arrested two men on drug charges yesterday at approximately 12.15 p.m., at a home on Quillitor Drive in Dutch Quarter. While driving through the Dutch Quarter area the patrol…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday expressed sadness at the sudden passing of Roman Catholic priest, Monsignor Richard Albert. Simpson Miller reflected on the near four decades of service…