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Antigua & Barbuda wants review of US visa restrictions

St John’s – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa restrictions...

Families wants MV Barima salvaged, says Guyana’s Opposition Leader

Georgetown, Guyana – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed says survivors and relatives of victims of the MV Barima tragedy are...

Deported Jamaicans opt to stay in Eswatini

Kingston, Jamaica – Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says the third Jamaican deported from the United States...

Plot to assassinate T&T PM and other officials spans multiple jurisdictions

Port of Spain – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the alleged plot to assassinate her and senior members...

Advocacy group in Jamaica calls for sex offenders registry to be made public

 The non-governmental organisation – Fi We Children Foundation,  has joined calls for the sex offenders registry to be made...

Drop in violent crime after state of emergency

One week after the state of emergency (SoE) was declared, there appears to have been a reduction in reports of violent crimes throughout the...

Family of ex-Surinamese president threatens to sue government

PARAMARIBO – The family of former Suriname President Desi Bouterse yesterday threatened to take legal action against the government for publicly disclosing the cause...

Prime Minister Rowley to resign from office

At the end of a press conference in Tobago on Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley disclosed that he would not be offering...

Quakes rock three Caribbean countries

PORT OF SPAIN – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) says an earthquake  with a magnitude of 3.8 rattled three countries on Monday night, nearly...

Trinidad declares state of emergency

Within hours of a massacre at Prizgar Lands, Laventille, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday morning authorized the declaration of a...

Patterson says journalist’s murder a wake-up call for Jamaica

KINGSTON – Former Jamaica Prime Minister P.J. Patterson says the brutal murder of veteran court journalist Barbara Gayle is a “wake-up call” for the...