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Vincentian boat held in record-breaking drug bust @ Sea
CARIBBEAN360
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent & the Grenadines – Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of how a Vincentian-owned and registered fishing boat was held in what has been described as the largest maritime seizure in 18 years.
Alarming rise in police killings in Jamaica
CARIBBEAN360
KINGSTON, Jamaica – As Amnesty International soundly chided Jamaica for unlawful killings and extrajudicial executions, the country’s Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) reported an alarming rise in the number of fatal police shootings in just the first two months of the year.
Trump concerned about high rate of Trinis joining ISIS
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- US President Donald J. Trump called Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith C. Rowley over the weekend to discuss terrorism and other security challenges, including foreign fighters, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman told the New York Times.
World boxing champ Pacquiao partners with Caribbean hospital & charity
CARIBBEAN360
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – World Boxing Champion Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines is partnering with a leading Caribbean hospital and charity to bring free cardiac care to children from his homeland.
Bermuda tensions could rise to ‘explosive’ levels
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES REVIEW
You thought the past few months were tense? Wait until you see what 2017 brings.
Puerto Rico political status referendum set for June 11, 2017
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES REVIEW
Governor Ricardo Rossello (New Progressive Party/PNP) ... sign(ed) into law... a bill that he supported which would hold a plebiscite in the islands between statehood and nationhood under a 2014 Federal law...
Vincentians hit with more taxes
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines – As Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves buckles down to tackle the island’s burgeoning deficit, Vincentians will have to dig deeper into their pockets to help replenish the Government’s coffers.
Turks & Caicos: Where women hold the top jobs
BBC NEWS
Hillary R. Clinton may not have shattered the ultimate glass ceiling, and indeed women globally still occupy a meagre percentage of top public sector posts, but as Gemma Handy reports, there is one Caribbean country where females are bucking the trend.
Bolt loses 'Triple-Triple Gold' title over teammate doping
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Doping has cost Usain St Leo Bolt one of the nine Olympic medals that allowed him to claim the title of being the only athlete to win triple gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in three consecutive Olympic Games. But it wasn’t his wrongdoing that landed him in that position.
First Zika-related Microcephaly case recorded in Grenada
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – One Caribbean country has confirmed its first case of Zika-related microcephaly, while another is investigating a possible case.
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