Two Antiguans could end up spending up to 25 years in prison for allegedly smuggling 12 Indian nationals into the island. Sometime recently, local coast guard reportedly impeded a boat which was carrying 11 adults and one child who were reportedly coming from Dominica. It is said...
A29-year-old Venezuelan national was arrested in Guyana on Saturday for allegedly having over 1,000 grams of marijuana in his possession. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported that officers on patrol in the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo area observed Adrian Meddia standing with a bulky haversack and...
The Dutch Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten is facing a situation with its public cemetery. Space is running out for burials. Egbert Doran, Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure recently revealed during a COM press briefing that the cemetery is faced with a...
There will be no Soca Monarch competition this year in Trinidad and Tobago. Geoffrey Wharton-Lake and Ricky Ragoonanan, directors of the Caribbean Prestige Foundation, the body behind the competition, told Loop News that they made a decision to cancel it this year. The men said they spent...
The Grenada government has announced a one-month delay in the implementation of an increase in the Excise Tax on alcohol and tobacco products as well as Value Added Tax (VAT) on sugar, sugary or carbonated drinks. “In relation to the tax on the sugary drinks...