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UN Report says T&T is happiest country in Caribbean
CARIBBEAN 360
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A United Nations (UN) report says Trinidad and Tobago is the happiest Caribbean nation on earth – at least when compared to a handful of other regional countries surveyed for the 2018 World Happiness Report.
No new taxes to fund Jamaica government’s budget
CARIBBEAN 360
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Finance Minister, Audley Shaw announced yesterday that government was keeping its promise not to impose any new taxes on Jamaicans this fiscal year.
Tobago closer to Self-Governance
CARIBBEAN 360
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Amendments to the Trinidad and Tobago Constitution that, if passed, would give Tobago autonomy, was today presented to Parliament.
IDB President: Jamaica on track to become Caribbean’s first digital society
CARIBBEAN 360
KINGSTON, Jamaica, –The head of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB) believes Jamaica will become the region’s first digital society.
Antigua elections candidates have 3 weeks to woo electorate
CARIBBEAN 360
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, WI – Residents of Antigua and Barbuda now know exactly when they will be asked to elect a new government – and those contesting the poll will have less than a month to convince voters to give them their ‘X’.
Antiguans put on notice: Elections in coming weeks
CARIBBEAN 360
ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda- Residents of Antigua and Barbuda have been told they will go to the polls very soon.
Brazil to defend Guyana against any Venezuela invasion
CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — As events take shape beneath the surface of the border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, on February 7, 2018 Brazilian President Michel Temer sent a high level delegation to Guyana and Suriname to pledge military support to defend Guyana in case Venezuela attempted to invade the disputed Essequibo area.
Antigua parliament passes bill to allow possession of small amounts of ganja
CARIBBEAN 360
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Antigua and Barbuda’s Parliament has given the nod to a Bill decriminalizing the possession of up to 15 grammes of cannabis.
It’s officially back to no same-sex marriages in Bermuda
CARIBBEAN 360
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda has reversed marriage equality, with Governor John Rankin finally approving the Domestic Partnership Act 2017 that replaces same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships that can be entered into by both gay and heterosexual couples.
ISIS terror attack during T&T carnival ‘very likely’
THE SUN
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, WI - The United Kingdom Foreign Office warned to avoid crowded places after cops discovered a suspected plot to target the Mardi Gras festivities on Monday and Tuesday.