Two new tropical systems moving across Atlantic

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- Forecasters are currently watching two weather systems in the tropical Atlantic; one a tropical wave located less than 1,000 miles east of the Lesser…

U.S. Officials say ‘no smoking gun’…

By Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON | Thu Aug 29, 2013 (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies have "no smoking gun" proving Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad personally ordered his forces…

BVI premier calls for enhanced customer service

ROAD TOWN, BVI -- In an effort to enhance customer service in all sectors of the economy and at all levels throughout the British Virgin Islands, Premier and Minister for Tourism Dr Orlando Smith has…

Creative Youth Academy, Nevis Old Cotton Ground…

Daniel MacMullin Operation Future is preparing to launch our second Creative Youth Academy in the Old Cotton Ground Police Station. The Creative Youth Academy is a community based intervention program…

Teachers urged to welcome new school year; commit…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (AUGUST 28, 2013) – Principal Education Officer (PEO) in the Ministry of Education Mrs. Lornette Queeley-Connor urged the island’s teachers to commit towards the creation of a…

3.9 magnitude earthquake rattles Trinidad capital

Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday August 27, 2013 – The Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Tuesday confirmed that an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 had rattled…

Speaker Martin attends 59th CPA Conference in…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 27TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Speaker of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, the Hon. Curtis Martin is to attend a series of meetings including the 59th Commonwealth…

Debt sustainability a critical issue, says…

By Sharon Austin BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has identified debt sustainability as a critical issue for many of the small island developing states (SIDS).…

St Lucia political party supports ALBA in…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian People’s movement (LPM) said that it supports the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in principle but, it has reservations about a long-term dependence on the…

Onion Production headed for greater land…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 27, 2013) - The acreage allocated to onion production on Government-owned farms on Nevis, will be expanded when the new planting season commences in the coming months.…

West could hit Syria in days, envoys tell rebels

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and William Maclean AMMAN/BEIRUT | Tue Aug 27, 2013 (Reuters) - Western forces could attack Syria within days, the United States and its allies have told rebels fighting…