August 31, 2018
Grenada man charged for posting nude photos of ex-lover online
A 25-year-old man became the first person to be charged for violating a section of the Electronic Crimes Act when he appeared in court earlier this week. Yurber Phillip was charged with Violation of Privacy under the Electronic Crimes Act based on…
August 31, 2018
St. Kitts-Nevis high commissioner to Jamaica dies at 87
PRIME Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Timothy Harris has extended "heartfelt condolences", on behalf of his Government and people, to the family and loved ones of the late Cedric Harper, who served as that island's high commissioner to Jamaica…
August 30, 2018
Sandals charging to divert guests from infected Bahamas resort
New details about the gastro-intestinal (GI) virus outbreak at the Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in Nassau, Bahamas, has shown that the “diversion” protocol amid the outbreak that incapacitated over 100 guests and staff at the property comes with…
August 29, 2018
St Kitts-Nevis minister’s son shot to death
A son of St Kitts and Nevis minister of public infrastructure, posts, urban development and transport, Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, was killed by gunfire on Monday night. According to reports, Mickail ‘Mitch’ Liburd was ambushed by at least three armed and…
August 28, 2018
Cayman Islands speaker denies working with blacklisted Chinese company
Former premier and current speaker of the Legislative Assembly in the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, has denied that his consulting firm is working with or consulting for China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The parent company of CHEC, China…
August 27, 2018
Trinidad and Tobago signs secret gas deal with Venezuela
With local reporters barred from entering the room to witness or ask questions about an agreement between the governments of Trinidad and Tobago’s and Venezuela to process and export natural gas from Venezuela’s Dragon gas field, Prime Minister Dr…
August 24, 2018
St Lucia opposition calls on PM to explain whereabouts of US$20 million in citizenship donations
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Opposition member of parliament, Dr Ernest Hilaire, has called on Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet to explain what happened to approximately US$20 million in citizenship by investment programme (CIP) donations that…
August 23, 2018
Venezuela devalues currency by 96 percent and raises minimum wage in an attempt to arrest hyperinflation
President Nicolas Maduro’s administration in Venezuela has undertaken the largest currency devaluation ever recorded in recent times, cutting value of the Bolivar by some 96 percent in an attempt to arrest the hyperinflation that has helped to bring…
August 22, 2018
Cuba denies rumours of new customs restrictions
The customs department in Cuba (AGRC) has denied rumours about new customs restrictions, reported by foreign media and other channels of communication. For several days now, news has been spreading, in what was described as an erroneous and…
August 21, 2018
Bahamian Govt to incur loss in resort purchase
Although the government intends to purchase the Grand Lucayan resort, it does not plan to spend the near $100 million to renovate it, according to Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar. D’Aguilar said the government is only interested in purchasing…