June 10, 2015
Venezuela wants peaceful solution to border dispute
Venezuela Tuesday denied it has any intention of forcibly taking over land it claims to be its own in Guyana and rejected statements from the new administration in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country that it was moving to enforce a recent…
June 10, 2015
Baby among five survivors found drifting after plane crash in the Bahamas
An eight-month-old baby boy was among the five people who survived when their plane crashed in the Bahamas yesterday evening. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) said the Cessna 172 aircraft was believed to be flying from Crooked Island to New…
June 10, 2015
A 2-year-old girl first in the Caribbean to contract the Zika virus
The mosquito-borne Zika virus, also referred to as ZIKV, has now reached the Caribbean, with a 12-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic becoming the first person to contract the virus. The pre-teen has been hospitalised in a private clinic. This…
June 10, 2015
Five charged following million dollar drug bust in Dominica
Magistrate Bernard Pac-quette today Monday slapped EC$50,000 fine each on two men who pleaded guilty to a charge of supply of cocaine after police seized 66,000 grams of the illegal drug with a street value of EC$1.7 million last week. Les-tron…
June 5, 2015
Caribbean countries record growth in tourist arrivals
The Caribbean recorded a six per cent increase in tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period last year, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Richard Sealy has said. Sealy, who is also the Barbados…
June 4, 2015
Jack Warner to tell all
Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has said in a dramatic TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at the world football body. Warner, who said he feared for his life, said he could also link FIFA officials to general…
June 4, 2015
CARICOM Secretary-General mourns death of ‘oustanding’ son of Dominica
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended deep sympathy to the Government and people of Dominica and the family of the late former President His Excellency the Honourable Dr. Nicholas J.O.…
June 2, 2015
China bets on strategic ties with the Caribbean
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says his country is “prepared to deepen its cooperation” with Latin America and the Caribbean “in order to mutually learn from each other and forge together a new path for the China-Latin America and the Caribbean…
June 2, 2015
St Vincent to use EU visa waiver to lobby Canada
St Vincent and the Grenadines will use the visa-free travel agreement it signed with the European Union last week to re-launch its lobby for the reinstatement of a similar privilege for Vincentian passport holders wishing to travel to Canada,…
June 2, 2015
Government prepares to repatriate Dominicans of Haitian descent
Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Lener Renauld says the Government is prepared to repatriate Dominicans of Haitian descent once the deadline to “regularize foreigners” expires. Renauld presented a list of proposals during a recent meeting with…