Despite the shortfall in its subvention, MP Walker says Barbuda Council has had to assume some Central Gov’t obligations
(REALNEWS)Barbuda MP Trevor Walker has revealed that the Barbuda Council, on occasion, has had to pay some of the sister-island’s teachers on behalf of the Central Government. Payment to public-school…
Traffic Department head sees the need to repair and convert secondary roads to one-way streets to ease current congestion
(REALNEWS)The head of the Traffic Department, ASP Elson Quammie, says that many of the secondary roads across the island need to be properly developed and repaired in order to alleviate…
Police in St Kitts and Nevis are still searching for Antiguan man who escaped custody
Police in St Kitts and Nevis are still searching for a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda who escaped from the St. Peter’s Community Centre last month. The fugitive, identified as…
Hot season may be hotter than usual
Loop News- It has been a hot couple of months for many Caribbean islands with no end in sight to the excessive heat. According to the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF)…
US Coast Guard Repatriates 259 Caribbean Migrants
By CMC News The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 259 Caribbean migrants, including 166 to Haiti and 66 to the Bahamas, following five interdictions off the coasts of Florida, Haiti…
E Jean Carroll: Jury finds Trump sexually abused writer in NY department store
BBC News A jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s. But Mr…
SV&G PM Tells King Charles to ‘Nudge’ Rishi Sunak on Slavery Reparations
(SKNOBSERVER)The Prime Minister of Caribbean nation St Vincent and the Grenadines suggested British politicians would not ‘permit’ the King to apologise for the wrongs of slavery The Caribbean nation St…
Gender policy row brewing at UWI
(JAMAICAOBSERVER)A major row is developing at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) over a proposed new gender policy which will require everyone connected to the regional institution to…
PM urges Jamaicans to conserve as projections show drought getting worse
(JAMAICAOBSERVER)Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday issued a plea to Jamaicans to conserve water and make investments in its harvesting and storage as the current drought, which he has deemed…
T&T PM: COVID restrictions to be lifted by end of week
(TRINIDADGUARDIAN)Now that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the emergency status of COVID-19 over, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the remaining public health regulations implemented during the pandemic…
