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US police say 1 shot, 1 stabbed near New York Caribbean fest
US police say one man has been shot and another stabbed near New York's Caribbean Carnival parade as one of the nation's largest celebrations...
Powerful category 5, Hurricane Irma heading towards the Leeward Islands
Hurricane Irma, now an extremely dangerous category 5 storm, is plowing toward the Leeward Islands and southern United States today as islands in its...
Opening of schools delayed as Hurricane Irma moves closer to Leeward Islands
The Ministry of Education in Antigua and Barbuda has ordered that all public educational institutions be closed today and tomorrow as the nation braces...
Jamaica Prime Minister announces special $100-million fund for recovery of weapons and ammunition
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced two major rewards programmes for the arrest of wanted men and the recovery of illegal guns and...
Antigua and Barbuda government to talk flight plans with LIAT
The Antigua and Barbuda government will look to sort out concerns about LIAT’s flight routes when it meets with the company’s executives on Monday.
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Powerful Hurricane Irma could be next weather disaster
Powerful Hurricane Irma is rapidly intensifying in the open Atlantic and poses a major threat to the Caribbean and potentially the United States next...
Caricom hails Trinidad and Tobago’s contributions to region
Caricom Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley on Trinidad and Tobago’s 55th anniversary of Independence, has...
ECCB to launch Strategic Plan 2017-2021
The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N. J. Antoine, will present the Bank’s five-year strategic plan on September 7, under...
All shuttle flights in Guyana’s interior suspended following pilot deaths
In the wake of three crashes and the deaths of two pilots, all shuttle flights in Guyana’s interior have been suspended with immediate effect...
CARICOM says Hurricane Harvey highlights ‘unusual weather patterns’
The 15-member CARICOM grouping says the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey as it swept through Texas in the United States last weekend, “highlights the...
