Regional
British legislators urge Bermuda to withdraw ban on same-sex marriages
British legislators have expressed disappointment that the Bermuda government is backtracking on marriage equality and has urged the British Overseas Territory to withdraw legislation...
GRENADA-Regional pollster tips ruling party to win March 13 poll
The head of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES), Peter Wickham, is predicting a victory for the ruling New National Party (NNP) in...
JAMAICA-Teenager jailed for life on murder charge
A 19-year-old youth has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was convicted Monday for the murder of a businessman last February.
Justice Courtney Day...
ST. VINCENT-PM faces no confidence vote
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he is confident his ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration will defeat a motion of no confidence filed...
BAHAMAS-FIRE-More than 50 homes destroyed in blaze in shanty town
Bahamas police say they are conducting investigations into a fire at an area known as “The Mudd” on Sunday that destroyed several homes and...
GRENADA-NDC leader describes election date as “liberation and referendum day”
The leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nazim Burke, Monday described the March 13 general election date as a “liberation and...
ST. LUCIA-Five year old chops older brother over chicken
(St. Lucia Times)
A fight over a piece of chicken has left a nine-year-old boy nursing a cutlass wound to the head.
The boy was struck...
BREAKING: Grenadians to vote for a new government on March 13
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Sunday announced that he will ask the Governor General to dissolve parliament on Monday paving the way for general...
TRINIDAD-UWI says expect a significant earthquake at anytime
The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine campus, says the twin-island republic could experience a significant magnitude earthquake...
Defence lawyer says Opposition Leader did not swear allegiance to Dominica
The lawyer representing Opposition Leader Dr. Denzil Douglas in a court case filed by the St. Kitts-Nevis government to have him removed from the...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Travel to Jamaica
The Secretary will be in Jamaica to promote a safe, prosperous, energy secure, and democratic hemisphere.
Secretary Tillerson will arrive in Kingston on February 7.
He...
Dominica linked to ship involved in breaking UN sanction against North Korea
Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan is distancing the present Dominica government from any blame regarding r allegations that a Dominican registered ship was involved in...
BARBADOS-Gastro outbreak not linked to sewage problem -Ministry of Health
Barbados health authorities have blamed a recent outbreak of gastroenteritis on the south coast to “a localised food-borne disease outbreak at a specific food...