Two suspected drug traffickers were killed early Sunday in a shootout with federal agents off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast, officials said. The incident occurred shortly after midnight, when authorities detected a suspicious boat at sea and a chase ensued, Jeffrey Quiñones, spokesman for U.S. Customs and...
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has forecast that Antigua and Barbuda will see a 9.4 percent increase in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year. In 2022,Antigua and Barbuda is said to have experienced an impressive 8.5 per cent rate of growth. “The average rate of growth...
The St. Lucia Parliament Tuesday night gave the green light for the island to have the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final and highest court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. All 13 government legislators who were present when the vote was taken supported...
A15-member royal delegation from Africa will visit Jamaica this week to hold discussions about how the trans-Atlantic slave trade affected the continent. Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), revealed this as he gave remarks at yesterday’s Reparations Forum...
On Friday, agricultural minister Indar Weir informed local media that Barbados will no longer be exporting sugar in bulk. “Previously, we produced the sugar and we exported it in bulk, that's why we had the Bond [bonded warehouse facility] at the Port. We are no longer...