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ST. THOMAS – One thousand government workers will lose their jobs by the end of January, Gov. John deJongh Jr. said Wednesday. The first 143 people – all ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has won the country’s parliamentary elections, while the ruling ...
The police this morning found the severed head of a male believed to be that of Navardo Hodges, a leading member of the Clansman gang. The gruesome find was made ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, December 19, 2011 – LIAT has announced the return of its cargo services to the US territories within its network, the first time the airline ...
A local reader emailed us this story of interest for other BVI readers in light of the hot debate about government issuing work permits for jobs that can be done by ...
Police on St. Thomas arrested a Price Smart employee who assaulted a male and female manager at his workplace after he was told he would be terminated. Jemari Forde, ...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, Wednesday November 23, 2011 – Public sector workers have threatened a second wave of industrial action today over new ...
Police on St. Croix arrested a man and woman who dined at a St. Croix restaurant and left without paying their bill. One incident happened in August 2010 and the ...
Turks and Caicos Islands, Friday November 18, 2011 – Work permit fees will increase 35 per cent from December 1 as government seeks to generate US$1.2 million ...
The St. Lucian government has declared November 11-13 a weekend of national mourning to pay respects to the victims of Thursday’s accident in which a bus coming ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, November 08, 2011 – The management of LIAT has rejected a number of claims and allegations made by representatives of the Leeward Island ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, November 07, 2011 – A delegation from the Nevis Island Government, headed by Hon. Joseph Parry, Premier, met on Friday with LIAT’s Chief ...
Barbados has the highest life expectancy in CARICOM, according to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund. The report, “State of World Population ...
HIGHGATE, Jamaica — Seraldo Henry swings open the wooden-frame door of the sprawling plastic-covered structure, surveys his rows of gourmet bell peppers for ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, October 31, 2011 – After 43 years of faithful service, LIAT’s Customer Relations Manager, Mrs. Nutilia Simon, will bid farewell to her ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Monday October 31, 2011 – A new wave of staff cuts is planned for LIAT as the financially-beleaguered airline moves to reign in cost. ...
WASHINGTON – A U.S. Virgin Islands company was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for knowingly trading in falsely-labeled, protected ...
The British Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham MP, has written Chief Minister and Minister of Finance, Hubert Hughes, expressing concern over ...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, October 24, 2011 – A total of 51 journalists from countries throughout the LIAT network have benefited from training in basic journalism ...
Kingston, Jamaica: October 23, 2011 – Tourism Minister, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett and Director of Tourism, Mr. John Lynch have come in for high praise from the ...
Participants at the recently concluded two-day family learning symposium held on October 13 and 14 at the Palm Haven Hotel in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, unanimously ...
The transition of leadership of the Jamaican government will be completed on Sunday, October 23 when Prime Minister Bruce Golding formally tenders his resignation to ...
On the heels of a landmark judgment by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, which found two independent directors of a failed investment fund guilty of “willful ...
Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has blamed Zionism for the circumstances that led to him and former Asian Football Confederation chief Mohammed Bin Hammam ...
LIAT’s three major shareholder governments have said the airline’s very survival is at risk due to the economic environment, escalating fuel and other prices, ...
In this difficult economic climate, Britain has given tangible expression of its continued commitment to supporting Caribbean trade and integration, through the £10 ...
Come next year 2012, the Caribbean is to benefit from another injection of US$77 million, which the United States said it would be using to develop projects to fight ...
The seas of the Grenadines have long been a playground for the rich and famous while the Antigua Sailing Week is touted among the world’s top five regattas. Now, ...
Detectives from Lancashire are being sent to a Caribbean island to investigate gang-related murders. After a rise in killings, four of the county’s specialised ...
St Kitts and Nevis’s Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport saw an increase in inbound and outbound passengers during the second quarter of this year compared to ...
On Monday, Cayman Finance chairman Richard Coles congratulated the Cayman Islands financial services industry for achieving yet another top ranking in the highly ...
Video evidence of ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner urging Caribbean officials to accept cash gifts from Mohamed Bin Hammam has emerged. The recording of a speech ...
Dominican Republic inaugurated its first large-scale wind power project on Tuesday in a move to develop renewable energy sources in the Caribbean country’s ...
Bermuda has once again been named ‘Best Island in the Caribbean/Atlantic’ by readers of Condé Nast Traveler. The Reefs also made a repeat appearance in the ...
Cayman Governor Duncan Taylor signed the country’s new Gender Equality Bill yesterday, legislation aimed at promoting and ensuring gender equality in the ...
The latest wave of FIFA election bribery cases began Tuesday, as 15 Caribbean soccer officials started explaining their part in an alleged plot involving former ...
Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño announced Thursday that a $98 million solar-energy project – the largest ever in the Caribbean region – will be built ...
China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted by several billion dollars in loans to the ...
An international campaign group called the Tax Justice Network recently ranked the Cayman Islands second in a world list of global financial crime and malpractice, ...
The British Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, Anguilla and US Virgin Islands are considering the use of electronic monitoring devices to increase ...
Investigators from the Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) this evening charged dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession ...
Officials from the St. Maarten Island Government and LIAT, THE Caribbean Airline met on September 30 and agreed on a plan of action to promote St. Maarten’s role ...
Health authorities are attempting to calm fears of a chickenpox outbreak after a sharp increase was reported. Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kiran Kumar said 52 ...
In a major push to its efforts to unearth illegal funds stashed in tax havens, India has got indications from various countries promising strengthening of legal ...
Bermuda could be in line to benefit from charity cash generated by the UK Lottery, according to a British Government minister visiting the Island. Henry Bellingham ...
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a drug-smuggling submarine in the Western Caribbean earlier this month. The crew of a C-130 Hercules plane spotted the self-propelled ...
After a contraction of 4.1 percent a year ago in the Caymanian economy, Cayman recorded positive growth in the first six months of 2011, according to a report from ...
The Cayman Islands has announced that it has entered into a landmark agreement to share tax information with China. At the signing ceremony on September 26, the ...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the postal service and the Puerto Rico Police Department, dismantled Tuesday a drug ring that was ...
In the face of five murders in nine days, says Commissioner of Police David Baines, armed robberies have nearly stopped, and the evidence is that the two are ...
Editor’s note: Dominican Miguel Murphy was featured in De Riddim Box, a newsletter for the South Florida’s Caribbean community, as “D’ People’s Politics ...
The prime minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, will step aside in the next few weeks, the ruling party announced on Sunday. The move appeared intended to salvage the ...
FIFA’s ethics committee has handed out their fourth ban connected with the bribery scandal by suspending leading Caribbean official Colin Klass for 26 months. ...
For the period January 1 to August 31 this year, Jamaica welcomed a total of 2.09 million visitors which netted the country US$1.5 billion. Speaking at the official ...
The Governor of the Cayman Islands has decided against easing visa restrictions for Jamaicans, citing risks to internal security. Governor Duncan Taylor said the ...
Confessed Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has written a letter to a New York judge asking for leniency, according to a report in the New York ...
The Chinese government announced six major measures aimed at enhanced cooperation between China and the Caribbean region at the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade ...
The Saint Lucian police force will soon add a CCTV camera system to its arsenal, aimed at enhancing their capacity to monitor potential criminal activity on the ...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of regional airline LIAT Brian Challenger has called for more cooperation among players in the region’s travel and tourism sectors ...
Puerto Rico is investing $6.6 million in solar energy panels that it plans to install in homes, businesses, airports and schools across the U.S. Caribbean territory. ...
China announced on Monday it will provide $1 billion in loans to Caribbean countries to finance infrastructure projects as it deepens ties in a region historically ...
Neither the Director of Public Prosecutions nor local police have received a request from US authorities to help find alleged tax fugitive and Grand Cayman resident ...
A Taiwanese diplomat is at the heart of an election controversy in St. Lucia, one of the nation’s Eastern Caribbean allies. Kenny Anthony, the St. Lucia ...
St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas said the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are in full support of the Caribbean Court of Justice, and will ...
After months of intense voting featuring more than 2,000 organizations, the nominees have been whittled down to the elite few who will vie for prime places in the ...