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(Antigua Observer) A jealous young man took his life on Boxing Day, hours after terrorizing his teenage girlfriend and escaping from the Grove Police Station. Lorenzo James, 21, who resided at Duncan Street and at Lot 218, Grove, East Bank…

(Antigua Observer) Residents may have to consider adding stricter budgeting to their list of New Year’s resolutions after government hinted that residents may have to contribute more to both the Social Security and Medical Benefits (MBS)…

Martinique has become the latest Caribbean island to report the Zika Virus (ZIKV), according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). In its latest epidemiological report, for the week of December 20 to 26, PAHO added Martinique as…

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) in Haiti has announced that the elections of local authorities and the partial parliamentary and presidential runoff ballot that were scheduled for December 27, 2015, have been postponed until…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over growing political uncertainty in Haiti and urged the two candidates in the presidential run-off there to help the electoral process move forward while preserving the…

(Antigua Observer) Leader of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace says lawyers will return to the courts next Monday as they seek access to certain electoral documents, ahead of election petitions to be filed by the…

(Antigua Observer) The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday refused to confirm or deny media reports that Central Bank Governor Jalawa Rambarran has been dismissed from his post. “I have been saying for the last few weeks that the only…

(Antigua Observer) The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says cocaine found in fried fish on a flight from Jamaica was among its top seizures in 2015. In a report on Wednesday, CBP said on June 15, its Office of…

Despite clear evidence of the pent-up desire in the North American market – the largest source market for tourists to The Bahamas – for access to a slowly opening Cuba, tourism officials in The Bahamas seem to be taking the news of restored…

(Antigua Observer) The Dominica government says it will in the new year continue to focus on rebuilding the island following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika that killed more than 30 people and left EC$1.298 billion (One EC dollar…

(Antigua Observer) The British Virgin Islands (BVI) says France has removed the British Overseas Territory from its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Premier and Minister for Finance, Dr. D. Orlando Smith, said he is “pleased with…

(Antigua Observer) Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell says sample tests will be conducted on petrol sold at all gasoline retail outlets as he awaits a report on the findings of tests to determine the extent of contaminated fuel being sold to…

(Jamaica Observer) WHILE a few of the mothers whose babies died in the recent bacteria outbreak at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) were outside the facility’s gates protesting yesterday, the hospital’s new board was facing…

(Antigua Observer) St. John’s, Antigua - A financial crime consultant here says that convicted Ponzi schemer, R. Allen Stanford, has filed a petition for an “en banc” rehearing with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for are hearing of his…

(Caribbean360) Georgetown, Guyana – The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has criticized the decision by President David Granger to let 11 jailed women go free this Christmas, saying it makes the legal system look “weak…