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DOMINICA-PM Skerrit presents budget, but opposition says it contains nothing to improve welfare of...
The Dominica government has presented an EC$1.1 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) budget to Parliament emphasising the need for prudent financial management as the...
C&W parent company reaffirms commitment to the Caribbean region
(PRESS RELEASE)
The CEO of the recently established Liberty Latin America - Balan Nair, and CEO of its subsidiary company, Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W),...
JAMAICA-Court reserves decision in Vybz Kartel murder appeal
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the challenge filed by incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel and three others against their murder...
HAITI–Dominica Republic deports thousands of Haitian nationals
The Directorate of Dominican Migration (DGM) says it has deported nearly 70,000 Haitians during the first six months of this year as it steps...
GUYANA-Exxon confirms discovery of more than four billion oil-equivalent barrels
The ExxonMobil-controlled Stabroek Block offshore Guyana has now been confirmed to have the equivalent of more than four billion barrels of oil.
ExxonMobil announced on Monday that...
JAMAICA-Cannabis Store And Cafe Opens In Kingston
Jamaica has opened its first seed-to-sale cannabis retail store. Located in Market place on Constant Spring Road, it opened its doors over the weekend.
The...
Gov’t offers Thai boys, coach all-expense-paid vacation in Jamaica
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has extended an invitation to the 12 Thai boys and their football coach who were recently trapped in a flooded...
JAMAICA-Government considers convening National Drought Committee
The Government is giving consideration to convening the National Drought Committee to devise strategies to be employed should the island be forced into a...
ST KITTS-Immigration department to get enforcement unit
Chief Immigration Officer Merclyn Hughes has given the first glimpse into a major change that will be made to the Immigration Department following its...
GUYANA-Over 1,600 people recruited to People’s Militia
Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Thursday reported that 1,608 persons have been recruited to the resuscitated Guyana People’s Militia.
He made the disclosure in...
The Bahamas: Jamaican strippers charged
A judge slapped four Jamaican women with various immigration charges when they appeared in court here on Tuesday.
The women -Shamara Shantell Francis, 26, Affrikkca Ezinma...
ST. VINCENT: Woman leaves boyfriend with 16 stitches to his penis
(iWN)
Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett on Monday vacated a guilty plea by a woman who told the court she had accidentally inflicted the cut that left her...
Cruise Passenger Arrivals to St. Kitts Exceed 1 Million
The St. Kitts Tourism Authority and Ministry of Tourism are pleased to announce that St. Kitts received its millionth cruise passenger today, reaching the...