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TRINIDAD-More than 20 drown after boat capsizes
At least 23 people, including two children, are feared drowned after their boat overturned early Wednesday morning off the coast of Venezuela, the Trinidad...
ANGUILLA-Chief Minister urges citizens to allow the law to take its course
Chief Minister Victor Banks has said that the death of Dominican Kenny Mitchell is a “police matter’ and appealed to citizens to allow the...
ST. VINCENT – Opposition legislators urge electorate to vote government out of office
Three members of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) and a former government have called on the electorate on the eastern Caribbean island,...
Reprieve for Caribbean immigrants in New York – “No arrest in court houses without...
The New York State Office of Court Administration has halted the ability of US federal immigration officials to arrest the Caribbean and other immigrants in-state...
CCJ orders CLICO to pay more than EC$1.4 million to Dominican brothers
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Thursday ordered the CLICO International Life Insurance Limited (CLICO) to pay more than EC$1.4 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37...
DOMINICA-Pilot Dies In Plane Crash
Dominica News Online (DNO) says it received confirmation that the pilot, who was the lone occupant of the Cessna aircraft which crashed in Dominica...
ST. VINCENT-COURT-Judge sentences four men to nearly 200 years in jail
A High Court judge has sentenced four men to a total of 180 years in jail after they were found guilty of being in...
TRINIDAD-Police search for kidnapped Jamaican businessman
Police were Wednesday continuing their search for a Jamaican-born businessman, who was abducted from his home in south Trinidad on Sunday by men pretending...
BARBADOS-Government approves new initiative for postal service
The Barbados government has approved the Integrated Postal Reform and Development Plan (IPDP) after the island was chosen by the Universal Postal Union as...
BERMUDA-COURT-Homeless man admits making death threats against Premier
A 29-year-old homeless man, who threatened to cut off Premier David Burt’s head, has pleaded guilty to two charges in the Supreme Court, but...
GUYANA-Housing Minister denies involvement in award of contracts to her contractor husband
Housing Minister Valerie Adams-Yearwood Monday insisted that she played no part in the contracts awarded to her contractor husband by the Central Housing and...
DOMINICA-Government and union gear for “battle” in new wage negotiations
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has acknowledged the economic challenges facing public servants as the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) said it would continue with...
BAHAMAS-IMF predicts “steady’ economic growth for Bahamas for 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday said the Bahamas delivered strong economic performance in 2018, supported by sound macroeconomic policies and progress on fiscal...