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Taiwan President likely to visit region later this year -Gonsalves
President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan is likely to visit the Caribbean later this year, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has said.
Gonsalves made the announcement...
CUBA-Cuba legalises private Wi-Fi networks
The government of Cuba has announced plans to legalize private Wi-Fi networks and the importation of equipment, thereby eliminating one of the world’s tightest...
Freedom of movement application fails at CCJ
The Trinidad and Tobago based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday ruled that citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “have important rights but...
DOMINICA- Fake Voters List In Circulation
The Electoral Office of Dominica Tuesday said it does not “publish, sell or release for any reason” digital copies of the Register of Electors...
BELIZE-Authorities worried at illegal poaching of jaguars
Belize Monday offered a BDS$5,000 (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cent) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who over the weekend beheaded...
Barbados PM critical of international community as the region discusses climate change resilience
A weeklong conference discussing priorities and solutions to tackle climate and disaster risks began here on Monday amid calls for a new paradigm towards...
Barbados against public smoking of marijuana
The Barbados government says it wants to make it clear that the public smoking of marijuana would not be tolerated as part of the...
St. Lucia government welcomes drop in unemployment rate
The St. Lucia government has welcomed the six per cent decline in unemployment for the first three months of 2019.
The Department of Statistics noted...
Drier, hotter wet season forecast for Caribbean
The dry conditions affecting the Caribbean over the last few months are expected to continue into September for most of the region, forecasters said...
BARBADOS- British visitor freed of assault charges
A visitor from the United Kingdom who was slapped with assault charges has been freed after the charges were dropped on Wednesday.
James O’Rourke, 44, was...
Caribbean countries participate in digital economy conference
Several Caribbean countries will participate in a two-day conference on the digital economy in the Eastern Caribbean that gets underway in the United States...
TRINIDAD-Court of Appeal rules against Warner
An Appeal Court Wednesday ordered the former chairman of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP), Austin Jack Warner, to pay a former member of the...
BARBADOS-Englishman to be sentenced after slapping woman on her buttocks
A magistrate has told an Englishman that while Barbados may be a small island, members of its population do not have “small minds”.
Magistrate Kristie...