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TRINIDAD-Explosion in Port of Spain attributed to faulty electricity cable
National Security Minister Stuart Young says the explosion on the outskirts of the Hall of Justice early Friday, was caused by a faulty electricity...
CAYMAN ISLANDS-Government considers using unemployed to rid beaches of sargassum seaweed
A proposal has been made by the Ministry of Infrastructure to rid beaches across the territory of the sargassum seaweed.
According to Infrastructure Minister Joey...
BARBADOS-CXC workers continue protest action
Protest action by dozens of workers at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), entered another day on Friday.
The employees have taken protest action to voice...
Caribbean records robust growth in first quarter of 2019
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) says the region recorded a 12 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during the first quarter of this year, spurred...
CARIBBEAN-New study finds major challenges facing agriculture development in the Caribb
A new study on the state of agriculture in the Caribbean has found that currently, regional countries face major challenges in their attempt to...
TRINIDAD-Police Commissioner announces plan restructure police force
Police Commissioner Gary Griffith says the police force will be restructured by the end of this year.
Griffith told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that...
ST. KITTS- US citizen found dead in St. Kitts Nevi
A United States citizen who lost his way during a hike in the mountains has been found dead.
The police, in a statement on Thursday,...
GRENADA-Diplomat accuses US of engaging in “malicious competition”
China’s Ambassador to Grenada Zhao Yong Chen, has accused the Donald Trump administration in the United States of engaging in malicious competition by completely banning telecommunications...
CDB predicts economic growth for the Caribbean
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says despite forecast of deceleration in global economic activity, the 2019 economic outlook for its borrowing member countries...
BELIZE-School principal among three people murdered in a house
Police are continuing their investigations into the deaths of three people, including the principal of a secondary school, whose bodies were found in a...
DOMINICA-Public servants embark on go slow as union gears for further industrial action
The Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) has called on public servants to embark on a “go slow” to force the Roosevelt Skerrit administration to...
HAITI-One killed, several missing as heavy rains hit
At least one person was killed and five others missing after heavy rains caused flooding in the commune of Cabaret, west of here, the...
PAHO warns tobacco kills one person every 34 seconds in the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization Thursday said that tobacco control measures, particularly those to ensure smoke-free public and work spaces, must be urgently stepped...