Saturday, September 28, 2024

Regional

Caribbean Timeshare business will bounce back, expert says

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Caribbean destinations affected by recent hurricanes have been told that they need not worry about their timeshare owners. President of the American Resort Development Association...

ST THOMAS: Boots of JamBand fame crushed to death

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Ambrose "Boots" Schmidt leader and arranger of the widly popular JamBand from the Virgin Islands has died. Schmidt was was killed in a freak accident...

Drugs enter Montserrat via Antigua

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Update: An earlier version of this article described the smuggled drug as cocaine. Sources have since revealed that the drug was in fact marijuana. Montserrat police...

JAMAICA: Low pay driving prosecutors away from DPP Office

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DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says she is very concerned about the attrition rate for prosecutors in her office, as the retention...

Venezuela Election: Socialist party wins, opposition calls for protest

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Venezuela’s opposition has called for street protests after President Nicolas Maduro’s government won a majority of governorships in a surprise result from Sunday’s regional...

Barbados study: two-thirds of prison inmates awaiting trial

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A new study shows that 60 per cent of inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds are on remand awaiting their day in court, with...

Dominica medical students to attend class on cruise ship in St Kitt’s waters

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In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Adtalem Global Education has turned to an unconventional facility to house its storm-ravaged Caribbean medical school campus: a cruise...

Bahamas: Texas newlyweds go missing on honeymoon

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Newlyweds Forrest and Donna Sanco had planned a week-long honeymoon in the Bahamas starting Sept. 25, but family members now say they never arrived at their...

Trinidad knock USA out of 2018 World Cup

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The United States have been eliminated from World Cup contention, a shocking loss to Trinidad and Tobago ending the Americans' streak of seven straight appearances at...

Guyana: Man murders police lover, hangs himself

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An intoxicated and out of work pork-knocker (gold miner) went berserk around 9:00 AM Thursday butchering police sergeant 19467 Kenisha Sheriff-Fraser, said to be...

Exxon Mobil discovers more gas in Guyana

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US based oil giant, Exxon Mobil Corporation on Thursday announced it made a fifth new oil discovery after drilling the Turbot-1 well offshore Guyana. Turbot...

St Vincent murder count hits 33 for the year

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The execution-style killing of a man in Campden Park Tuesday night has brought to 33 St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ homicide count for 2017. iWitness...

Jamaica to spend JMD$100M on HPV vaccination

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Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton revealed in Parliament today that the Government is spending approximately $100 million for the first year of the programme to administer the...