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September 28th, 2016
St Lucia PM threatens local journalist with defamation lawsuit

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Seemingly determined to prove the accuracy of the well known saying, “Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose” [The more things change, the more they stay the same], lawyers acting for Saint Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet last week embarked on the well trodden path of threatening to sue local media for alleged defamation on grounds that are at best tenuous.

September 28th, 2016
Jamaica police uneasy

JAMAICA OBSERVER - Police on front-line duty are increasingly declining to engage criminals as they fear being prosecuted by the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM), the Jamaica Observer was told yesterday.

September 28th, 2016
Drug lord Barry Dataram leaves Guyana with forged travel documents- sources

DEMERARAWAVE, Guyana - Self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram is believed to have fled Guyana to neighbouring Suriname, before a City Magistrate could have disclosed her decision on whether he should be freed on a cocaine trafficking charge, authorities said.

September 24th, 2016
Thugs wreaking murderous havoc in St James, Jamaica

St James, especially the parish capital, Montego Bay, is now gripped by fear and anxiety as gun-toting thugs continue to wreak murderous havoc, killing and maiming with impunity as the parish’s murder count races towards 200 since the start of the year.

September 24th, 2016
US to step up deportations of Haitians

WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday September 22, 2016 – The United States government, responding to an extraordinary wave of Haitian migrants seeking to enter the United States, said today that it would fully resume deportations of undocumented Haitian immigrants.

September 22nd, 2016
SVG not putting a cent more in LIAT until service improves

CARBBEAN360

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines – One of LIAT’s major shareholder governments, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has told the beleaguered airline that it won’t be getting a cent more until service to the island is “significantly improved”.

September 20th, 2016
Female calypsonian from Dominica dies suddenly

ROSEAU, Dominica- A top female calypsonian on Dominica has died, multiple sources are reporting.

September 9th, 2016
Jamaica turns to cannabis hoping for a tourism high

CARIBBEAN360

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica--Jamaica is trying to cash in on the multi-billion-dollar health and wellness tourism sector that several Caribbean countries are turning to in order to boost visitor numbers, but it won’t be traditional medicine it plans to use to reach a high in tourist arrivals.

September 3rd, 2016
Missionary killed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A missionary from Spain who devoted her life to helping the poor in Haiti was fatally shot at a crowded intersection in the Caribbean country's capital Port-Au-Prince Friday.

September 3rd, 2016
Ambassador: Venezuela Opposition attempts failed!

CARIBUPDATE

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Venezuela’s ambassador in Grenada Jorge Alfonzo Guerrero Veloz said opposition forces failed in their bid to cause chaos and "force the overthrow" of the government in Caracas after huge anti-government marches there Thursday.

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