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CCJ question should be attached to the next…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) has urged both the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party and the parliamentary opposition, the United Workers Party, to avoid making the Caribbean…

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)…