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JAMAICA: Victory For ‘Butch’ Stewart – Court Voids 2012 Probe Of Sandals Whitehouse...
The Judicial Review Court has ruled that the contractor general lacked jurisdiction to probe the sale of the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel in Westmoreland, handing...
JAMAICA: Holness Announces Election Date
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the general election will be held on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Nomination day will be Tuesday, August...
JAMAICA: Office of the Prime Minister building closed to allow for cleaning after suspected...
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has moved to temporarily suspend operations at one of its buildings on the property due to a...
ST. LUCIA: Accused child rapist arrested
By MERRICK ANDREWS
(St. Lucia News Online) — A video clip showing a man accused of attempting to rape a five-year-old girl in the city of...
Caribbean G-8 islands collaborate on intra-regional tourism campaign
As Caribbean destinations across the region reopen their borders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of eight neighboring islands have joined together to...
DOMINICA: Skerrit Condemns US Travel Advisory
(NATURE ISLE NEWS)
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has condemned a US travel advisory to Dominica, urging the North American country to “stop the ignorance.”
Late last...
ST KITTS: $500 penalty for people not wearing masks in public places
The mandatory wearing of face masks in public places in St. Kitts-Nevis has now officially become a fixed penalty notice (ticket), as a minimum...
Jamaica Surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 Cases
Jamaica has become the second CARICOM country, behind Haiti, to surpass the 1,000- COVID-19 case mark, after recording 16 new cases to bring the...
TRINIDAD: T&T Voting For A New Government
Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls Today, Monday 10 of August to elect a new government following allegations of corruption and...
COVID Spread Like ‘Holy Ghost’ In Jamaica Church
A 17-year-old girl decided to join the choir of the Mount Zion Victory House of Prayer in Sandy Bay, Clarendon, to “give them a...
Jamaica Celebrates 58th Independence Anniversary
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Jamaica on the occasion of the country’s 58th Anniversary of Independence on 6 August...
Pre-Screening at Airports Gains Ground in the Caribbean
(WeeklyJournal)
Many countries and jurisdictions across the world are reopening for travel and the new normal means that the requirement for a negative Covid-19 test...
JAMAICA: Independence Honour For Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths And Ken Boothe
Culture Minister Olivia Grange has announced that Jamaican music stars Shaggy, Marcia Griffiths and Ken Boothe will be honoured during the nation’s Independence celebrations...