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FAO supports expansion of Seamoss sector in Grenada
The Government of Grenada is actively engaged in developing its seamoss industry to reach its potential through a collaboration with the Food and Agriculture...
US Virgin Islands: Tired driver causes fatal car crash
SOURCE: LOOP News - A 57-year-old woman is the latest road fatality on the US Virgin Islands.
According to police, Anita Balani was a backseat...
St. Kitts & Nevis: Drug smuggling attempt thwarted in St Kitts & Nevis
SOURCE: LOOP News - Custom officers at the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport (RLB) in St Kitts and Nevis seized a quantity of marijuana...
GUYANA: Baby born with rare ‘tail’ successfully treated by GPHC team
SOURCE: NEWSROOM - A baby who was born with an abnormal spine, leading to the emergence of a tail, was successfully treated by a...
CARICOM Statement on the passing of Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, former Prime Minister of...
The Caribbean Community is deeply saddened at the passing of Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, former Prime Minister of Barbados.
Sir Lloyd’s life was defined by...
Food security improves in the Caribbean yet challenges persist
A recent food security and livelihoods survey conducted by the World Food Programme and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the Caribbean region revealed that...
TEXAS: Airport worker sucked into engine
A worker at San Antonio’s international airport died after being sucked into a jet’s engine late Friday. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR...
Scotiabank commits $600K Canadian in support of scholarships at The UWI
At the 14th Annual UWI Toronto Benefit Awards held in at the Ritz Carlton on April 29, Scotiabank, Lead Sponsor of the event since...
JAMAICA: Valiant offers to pay student’s $300K debt
SOURCE: Jamaica Gleaner — Munro College upper sixth-form student Mark Sterling Jr is one step closer to graduating from the prestigious St Elizabeth-based high...
Russia considers forced chemical castration of paedophiles
SOURCE: Daily Mail - Russia is moving towards forced chemical castration of pedophiles, a system already operating in neighboring Kazakhstan.
A pro-Putin political party in Moscow...
GUYANA: CCJ denies special leave to man serving two life sentences
On Wednesday, 21 June 2023, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), sitting in Guyana, delivered its judgment for the special leave application, AB v...
Jeffrey Epstein got $300 million tax breaks, paid US Virgin Islands police, JPMorgan says
SOURCE: Reuters - JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) said the U.S. Virgin Islands gave Jeffrey Epstein more than $300 million in tax incentives and waived sex offender monitoring...
Study reveals that wine consumption has an inverse relationship to cardiovascular mortality
SOURCE: News Medical Live Sciences - In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers aimed to understand the association between wine consumption and cardiovascular mortality,...