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Tropical wave moving westwards across Atlantic

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- A tropical wave, accompanied by a surface low pressure system, was located about 400 miles east-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands, and moving westward…

Grenadas NDC reportedly facing dilemma over…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Former Prime Minister Tillman Thomas’s unwillingness to relinquish leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is fueled by concerns about deputy leader Nazim Burke…

US Coast Guard offloads $35 million of cocaine…

MIAMI, USA -- Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered offloaded approximately 2,300 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated wholesale value of $35 million, at Base Miami Beach on Saturday.…

More LIAT flights into Grenada

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (GIS) -- Tourism officials in Grenada are happy that more LIAT flights are coming into the Maurice Bishop International Airport on a regular basis. Reports indicate that LIAT has…

Former Trinidad minister to surrender diplomatic…

By Marcia Braveboy Caribbean News Now Senior Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Former FIFA vice president and national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Jack Warner, is being forced to…

UK must act as a bridge for trade between Europe…

LONDON, England -- On Wednesday, senior figures united in a call for the UK to better facilitate trade between Europe and the Commonwealth. Speaking at a conference held at Europe House and organised…

Thirty countries expected to participate in…

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HCMC), Ivan Graanoogst, has disclosed that 24 countries have so far confirmed their participation in the festival, but that…

Tradewind Aviation launches nonstop service to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Tradewind Aviation is introducing its signature 'Premium Scheduled' nonstop service to Anguilla and Nevis from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Anguilla and Nevis join Tradewind's St…

OAS and Mexico to offer 600 postgraduate…

WASHINGTON, USA -- The Organization of American States (OAS), the Mexican National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)…

LIAT letter not a complaint, says CEO

By Caribbean News Now contributor ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Chief executive officer (CEO) of LIAT Captain Ian Brunton said that a widely circulated open letter to the airline by a long-standing LIAT…

Former Barbados PM warns Bahamas that VAT may…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- The former prime minister of Barbados has urged The Bahamas to conduct in-depth studies to determine the likely impact of value-added tax (VAT) on “prices, revenues and the…

US doctors say high-profile Haitian judge killed…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- US medical doctors at a trauma hospital in the Haitian capital said on Sunday that a judge handling a high-profile case died on Saturday evening after being diagnosed…

Convention will decide leadership future, says…

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Former Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is keeping Grenadians guessing about his political future, including whether he'll contest another general election. Thomas lost his seat,…