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TRINIDAD-Police halt opposition party motorcade
The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) Monday questioned the decision of the police to halt a motorcade to highlight what it termed “injustices” in...
DOMINICA-PM Skerrit hints at changes to retirement age
The Dominica government says it intends to hold a national consultation on the age of retirement as it pointed out that in the developed...
CARIBBEAN-US immigration agents nab Caribbean nationals in operation targeting criminal aliens
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says several Caribbean nationals were among 105 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day...
Remittances to the Caribbean projected to reach new record in 2018
The World Bank says remittances to low- and middle-income countries, including those in the Caribbean, grew rapidly and are projected to reach a new...
GUYANA-US diplomat says Guyanese not fully aware of impact of oil discoveries
The United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, Friday said citizens of this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country are still not fully aware of the...
ST. VINCENT-Former police officer jailed for having sex with minor
A High Court judge Friday sentenced a former police officer to 45 year in jail after he was found guilty last month of having...
Buju released from prison
(Jamaica Observer)
Reggae singer Buju Banton has been released from the McRae Correctional Facility in Georgia, a source close to the entertainer has informed OBSERVER ONLINE.The...
ST. LUCIA-Government to focus on further reducing unemployment
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says while the islands unemployment rate has declined from 25 per cent to 21.8 per cent during his administration’s two and...
HAITI-Former head of police charged with 2016 illegal arms shipment
The lawyers representing former director general of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Godson Orelus, is threatening to take legal action against an investigating judge...
TRINIDAD-Suspect being questioned in death of schoolboy
Police say they are questioning a suspect in the death of a 13-year-old schoolboy, whose body was discovered was discovered in bushes in Central...
JAMAICA says no plan to leave CARICOM
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tuesday reiterated that the decision to establish a Commission to review his country’s relationship with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
ST. VINCENT-Investigation launched as Judge recuses herself from election petitions case
The Registrar of the High Court is said to be investigating how 12 matters came to be listed for hearing by Justice Esco Henry...
GUYANA-Foreign Minister brushes aside vote of no confidence in government
Guyana Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge Tuesday dismissed a motion of no confidence filed against the David Granger government, saying it is nothing more than...