This week, Tuesday and Wednesday, October 2 – 3, saw what may have been the opening of the biggest National Youth Conference in Anguilla. It had as its

    New facilities, in terms of wards, equipment and other furnishings, for the refurbished Princess Alexandra Hospital, will now be giving Anguilla’s premier health institution both a new look

      In an early morning ceremony on Monday, October 1st, Anguilla’s new Attorney General, Mr. Dwight Horsford, was sworn into office. The event took place in the Executive

    Dear Editor, A. Nat Hodge, Recently, I visited Anguilla surveying the residual damage from last year’s hurricane season. As a homeowner on the island, visiting almost annually in

    The large gathering at the opening of the National Conference on Youth and Development, and the various panel discussions over a two-day period, this week, should have been

  The Royal Anguilla Police Force on Tuesday 25th September, 2018 at about 8:50pm responded to a report of a shooting incident in Tanglewood in the

(PRESS RELEASE) – CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank today announced that it has taken a decision to close its Anguilla office early in the new year. Managing

Bridgetown, Barbados September 11, 2018 – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and humanitarian mapping charity MapAction yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

(The Valley, Anguilla) -The department of disaster management (DDM) continues to monitor the progress of tropical depression nine which became tropical storm isaac at 5:00pm.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     CARICOM Citizens can rest assured that their leaders are moving with “renewed passion and energy” to make sure

By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor youri@caribbeannewsnow.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — On Sunday, the Trinidad Express reported explosive new claims that criminal elements in Trinidad have bragged about having in their possession compromising video and photographs of Chief Justice Ivor Archie, in addition to “sensitive WhatsApp and other communications involving the CJ.” […]

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By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana, the former British Guiana, was a Dutch colony before it became a British possession in 1831 and, as a result, over half of Guyana’s National Archive is in Dutch. After an agreement between Guyana and the Netherlands to preserve and translate the Guyana Dutch […]

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By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Surinam Airways (SLM) cannot compete with KLM on the Paramaribo-Amsterdam route, and hence the company needs to get rid of its A340-300 and outsource the route as a joint venture, focusing instead on where SLM can have a competitive advantage, “And that is the Caribbean […]

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By Caribbean News Now contributor WASHINGTON, USA — On Friday, the permanent delegation of Antigua and Barbuda to the Organisation of American States (OAS) expressed its sincere regret to the permanent observer mission of Spain, and the people and government of Spain, for the hurt experienced when a former prime minister of their country was […]

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By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor youri@caribbeannewsnow.com WASHINGTON, USA — In its October 2018 Regional Outlook Report for The Caribbean, the wider South America and Central America, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted strong but yet uneven growth for the Central American and Caribbean region over the next two years. For the […]

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By Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Opposition United National Congress (UNC) MP Roodal Moonilal claimed on Thursday that several “pieces of the puzzle started coming together” in relation to the recent allegations of financial impropriety he made against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. Moonilal spoke to reporters during a break in […]

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By Caribbean News Now contributor ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Alex Nain Saab Morán, an economic envoy for Antigua and Barbuda, has confirmed that two former employees of a firm in which he was a partner, and which closed ten years ago, have been arrested by Colombian authorities for alleged money laundering and fraud, but added […]

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Sandals director of corporate services, Jeremy Jones, has denied that there is a secret deal between Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and the Trinidad and Tobago government. He was speaking to reporters in Barbados on Thursday after news broke that the High Court had ruled that chartered surveyor Afra Raymond can seek judicial […]

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Some 35 soldiers and police officers from the Regional Security System (RSS) were sworn in on Thursday as Special Constables of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force amidst concern by leader of the opposition, Dr Denzil Douglas, that Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris is abusing his position and authority […]

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LONDON, England — Amnesty International said it is concerned for the health of Cuban activist, Tomás Núñez Madariaga, currently on a prolonged hunger strike and has called on the Cuban authorities to make public the evidence against him. Madariaga, a member of the unofficial political opposition group “Patriotic Union of Cuba” (Unión Patriótica de Cuba, […]

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