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The Antigua and Barbuda government is defending the decision by police a year ago to use teargas to disperse demonstrators protesting the mandatory vaccination programme even as the main opposition…

The decision was made at a meeting chaired by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and attended by leaders of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), a…

Source: Trinidad Express By: Leah Sorias The government’s appointment of a five-member committee to review the placement of statues, monuments and other historical signage in Trinidad and Tobago is…

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves left here on Wednesday for an official visit to Taiwan, urging China to desist from conducting military exercises near the Asian country that it…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious…

ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH put any disappointments from the recent World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, behind her by storming to an emphatic victory in the Commonwealth Games 100m final in…

SOURCE: NOW GRENADA: Grenada is assessing damage from a tropical wave that affected the island on Saturday night into this morning with severe thunder and lightning, heavy showers and high winds.…

Source: Barbados Today South African David Miller has been named the captain of Barbados Royals for the 2022 CPL season, replacing Jason Holder, who had been at the helm for the last four seasons.…

KINGSTON (CMC): A new report on the global HIV response released on Wednesday shows that during the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic…

Article by Emmanuel Joseph Source ; Barbados Today The region’s main public health agency has put residents of Barbados and other Caribbean states on alert for two new highly-contagious COVID-19…

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is set to lead the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) into the next general election, constitutionally due in 2026 after indicating that there will be no…

ANTIGUA and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said he does not support a proposal for the majority shareholding in a new regional airline to be placed in the hands of foreign investors, as…

KINGSTOWN (CMC): Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on Monday proposed a single-item referendum asking the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines to decide whether or not to replace Britain’s Queen…

SOURCE: CMC — The Montserrat Christian Council has taken a firm stance against the imposition of same-sex marriage on the island. This follows the tabling of legislation in the United Kingdom earlier…

SOURCE: T&T NEWSDAY: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said he is considering suing Trinidad and Tobago for US$60 million over losses sustained by his country over the collapse of…