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DOMINICA: United Workers Party Files Petition Challenging Dec 6 Election Results
(Dominica News Online)
The United Workers Party (UWP) has filed petitions in court challenging the results of the December 6, 2019, general elections in ten constituencies.
The...
GRENADA: Grenada To Implement Mandatory Prayer Hour In New School Term
The Grenada Ministry of Education has announced that a mandatory hour of prayer will be introduced on the first day of school in the...
GUYANA: More Oil Found Offshore Guyana
(RJR news online)
UK based company, Tullow Oil, on Thursday revealed that it has discovered a higher quality of crude oil offshore Guyana.
According to the...
JAMAICA: Jamaica’s Economic Expansion Continues Despite Shocks
(Jamaica-Gleaner)
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke says the Jamaican economy continues to show improving resilience given the country’s modest expansion,...
GRENADA: Herbert Preudhomme Former MP And Deputy Prime Minister Dies
Eight days after his wife Joyce passed away in the USA on Thursday, 26 December 2019 at the age of 84, Herbert John Preudhomme,...
JAMAICA: Over 1300 Murder Committed In 2019 According To Official Police Statistics
(Jamaica Observer)
There were 1,326 murders committed in Jamaica, according to official police statistics.
The number is 43 more than the similar period in 2018. It...
Skinny Fabulous’ Dancehall Love Affair – Vincentian Artiste Says Career Started With Lyrics Penned...
(Jamaica Gleaner)
“It was my first real genre that I fell in love with,” Skinny Fabulous told The Gleaner. The Vincentian singer-songwriter said his interest...
HAITI – Food Insecurity Expected To Rise Next Year, UN Humanitarian Agency Reports
The number of Haitians who do not have sufficient food to eat is expected to surpass four million next year, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.
In 2020, 4.6 million Haitians, about...
JAMAICA – Fatal Christmas Morning Stabbing In Downtown Kingston
(Loopjamaica.com)
The police are probing the stabbing death of a man on Orange Street in downtown Kingston early on Christmas Day.
The deceased man has been...
DOMINICA – Skerrit Promises 5000 Resilient Homes Before End Of New DLP Term
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that five thousand resilient homes will be built before the end of the Dominica Labour Party’s (DLP) five...
RUSSIA – Putin Says Russia Is Leading World In Hypersonic Weapons
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country...
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – LIAT Resumes Direct Flights Between BVI & Barbados
(bvinews.com)
Regional airline LIAT has resumed its direct flight from the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island to the Grantley Adams International Airport...
TRINIDAD: President Signs Proclamation Decriminalising Use of Small Amounts of Marijuana
(The West Indian)
President Paula Mae-Weekes has signed the legislation proclaiming the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act that will allow for persons to have in their...