Regional News
Bahamas distances itself from 'Panama Papers' scandal
The Bahamas Government today described as “disconcerting” the so-called “Panama Papers” alleging that a number of world leaders and other prominent people used a...
Trinidad and Tobago Film Makes Cannes Debut
Trafficked, the award winning film from Trinidad and Tobago will make its European Premiere at the 13th International PanAfricain Film Festival in Cannes, France...
St. Kitts-Nevis receives EC$12.5 million from EU as part of sugar adjustment scheme
The European Union (EU) has disbursed EC$12.5 million to St. Kitts and Nevis, which forms part of an overall EC$220 million allocated to the...
Tourism booming in Cuba with 14 percent increase in March
Business is booming in the hospitality sector in Cuba, with March ending with an increase of 14 percent in tourist arrivals.
Cuba’s first deputy tourism...
Trinidad establishes sex offender’s registry
Trinidad and Tobago has established a registry for sex offenders, but National Security Minister Edmund Dillon said it would only be available to the...
Haiti police arrest 35 including five cop killers
The National Police of Haiti (PNH) says law enforcement officials have arrested 35 people including five for the murder of four police officers and...
Caribbean governments advised to decriminalize prostitution
An international academic is recommending the decriminalization of prostitution in the Caribbean.
Professor Kamala Kempadoo of York University in Canada suggests this would help the...
Canadian women nabbed trying to smuggle cannabis into Barbados
Four Canadians, including a teenager, have pleaded guilty to several drug charges after being caught trying to import 146 pounds of marijuana in Barbados.
Customs...
Venezuelan convicted in St. Lucia’s first case of money laundering
A Venezuelan on Thursday became the first individual to be convicted in St. Lucia for money laundering.
According to the St. Lucia News online, the...
Antigua Opposition decries removal of Board requirement from Citizenship by Investment Programme
Antigua and Barbuda’s Opposition leader, Baldwin Spencer, has “utterly opposed” the decision by government to nullify the need for a Board to oversee the...
