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PM Browne and CARICOM leaders to meet UK PM over immigration
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is to meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to discuss the situation of pre-1971 Caribbean undocumented United Kingdom (UK)...
CARICOM leaders hold wide-ranging discussions with US Vice President
Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, says his country remains interested in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Pence made the disclosure as he...
US Customs releases new footage to disrupt drug trafficking in Caribbean Sea
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has released new footage aimed at disrupting drug trafficking operations in the Caribbean Sea.
CBP said...
JAMAICA-Businessman sentenced to life for murdering family of six
A 50-year-old businessman was sentenced to 120 years behind bars for the murder of a family of six in the eastern parish of St....
DOMINICA-MP in new Skerritt cabinet after resigning from opposition party
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has re-shuffled his cabinet, appointing a deputy prime minister and including in his administration a former opposition legislator, who a...
ST. LUCIA-Former PM threatening lawsuit over multi-billion dollar project
Former prime minister Dr. Kenny Anthony is threatening to take legal action to force the St. Lucia government to re-negotiate a multi-billion dollar investment...
TRINIDAD-High Court rules in favour of repealing buggery law
The High Court on Thursday has ruled it unconstitutional to impede on the rights of homosexual men and anal sex.
The challenge against the state...
Caribbean countries named in US report on drugs and money laundering
At least four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been named by the United States as major illicit drug producing countries.
In its 2018 International Narcotics...
GUYANA-Mother jailed for life after poisoning her two children
A High Court judge Monday sentenced a 25-year-old mother to 98 years in jail after she was found guilty of killing her two children...
TRINIDAD-PM reshuffles cabinet amid sex scandal
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has demoted his embattled Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Darryl Smith as he announced several changes to his cabinet...
JAMAICA-Government says visitor anti-harassment measures bearing fruit
The Jamaica government says the anti-visitor harassment measures being implemented in resort areas are bearing fruit and that positive outcomes are evidenced in Jamaica...
GUYANA-Water company says half of its customers not paying for water
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says as many as 90,000 clients do not pay for the service they receive thereby contributing significantly to a...
JAMAICA- Police launch manhunt for prison escapees
The police have launched a manhunt for four prisoners who escaped from a police lockup in the northern parish of Trelawny late Wednesday.
The police...