ABLP may not contest Barbuda seat

July 04, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Prime minister Gaston Browne said, he is undecided as to whether or not the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party will put forward a candidate to contest the Barbuda seat at the next general elections. This seat is...

CCJ strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados

June 28, 2018 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the mandatory death penalty in Barbados is unconstitutional. The CCJ, which is the highest court for Barbados, made the ruling based on two unrelated death penalty cases from Barbados. The cases,...