OECS Bar president wants politicians out of promotions to join CCJ
Antoine (SNO) — Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar Association President Thaddeus Antoine believes that politicians should stay away, as countries in the region ponder on whether they...
View ArticleAmerican tourist dies in Anse La Raye road accident
(SNO) – Police officials are investigating a motor vehicle accident Thursday afternoon (Nov. 8), near Ti Kaye, that took the life of a United States tourist. The deceased, a male, died after the...
View ArticleMajor drug and gun bust in Central Trinidad (see photo gallery)
(CMC) – Police Friday said they had seized a quantity of drugs as well as guns and ammunition during a pre-dawn raid in Central Trinidad. Police Commissioner Gary Griffith, who led the police exercise...
View ArticleMassacre: Four people including three brothers killed by gunmen in Jamaica
Humes brothers (from left): Howard Humes, Shavane Humes and Paulon Humes (JAMAICA OBSERVER) — Three brothers and one of their spouses were killed after they were pinned inside three houses and...
View ArticleAssessment report recommends CCC refrain from unplanned projects
Francis (left) and Belrose (SNO) — It has been recommended that the Castries Constituency Council (CCC) refrain from engaging in unplanned capital projects without first considering its financial...
View ArticleSaint Lucia trounced 6-0 in Concacaf finale
Zanzibar Reynolds and Saint Lucia’s Troy Edward (right) battle. (SNO) — After a hard-fought 1-0 loss to 10th-ranked Haiti, and consecutive wins, including a 1-0 win of their own over 14th-ranked...
View ArticleNew Dallas district attorney says murder is the “appropriate charge” in...
Amber Guyger (left) and John Creuzot (NEWSONE) — On September 6, 30-year-old police officer Amber Guyger killed 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean in his own home. She was charged with manslaughter and there...
View ArticleAt least two injured in Bexon Highway crash (+video)
(SNO) — At least two persons sustained injuries when a coaster bus collided with another vehicle on the Bexon Highway on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, according to law enforcement sources. Reports are that...
View ArticlePassengers say Fly Jamaica plane had “door closing problems” before take-off
(NEWS SOURCE GUYANA) — As the investigations get underway into the crash of a Fly Jamaica flight during an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Director General of...
View ArticleVenezuelan sold her newborn to Trinidad couple for US$20,000
(TRINIDAD NEWS DAY) — A two-month-old baby boy who was sold to a Trincity couple for US$20,000 one month ago was rescued from a house in Trincity on Wednesday morning and is now in the care of the...
View ArticleAt least 9 dead as fire incinerates North California town
The Woolsey Fire raced west into coastal communities, including Malibu (AP) — A fierce wildfire in Northern California incinerated most of a town of about 30,000 people with flames that moved so fast...
View ArticleThe Landings responds to claims by Sandals
The Landings Resort and Spa in St. Lucia. (PRESS RELEASE) — Recently, much has been published and discussed in the media regarding the cessation of construction work on the Sandals La Source Project at...
View ArticleNot Prudent? Annoyed Francis tells LPM leader to stick to familiar matters
Francis (left) and Prudent (SNO) — National Security Minister Hermangild Francis has warned Lucian Peoples Movement (LPM) Leader Therold Prudent to stay clear of things he knows nothing about. Prudent...
View ArticleU.S. tourist dies in St. Lucia road accident hours before wedding
(SNO) – A tourist from the United States (US) died in a motor vehicle accident in Anse La Raye, Saint Lucia, the day before he was scheduled to get married, according to reports. The deceased has been...
View ArticleFlooding reported across Dominica as heavy rains continue
A scene on Saturday in Portsmouth, the second town in Dominica (SNO) — Heavy flooding has been reported across Dominica on Saturday as heavy rains associated with a trough system continue to lash the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: At least four injured after landslide crashes shop in Millet
(SNO) — At least four males are nursing injuries after a landslide came down on a “crowded shop”in the community of Millet on Saturday evening (Nov. 10), according to eyewitness and official reports....
View ArticleEarthquake rattles several Caribbean islands
(CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 rattled several islands in the Caribbean on Saturday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the...
View ArticleWT20: Heavy rains force abandonment in Gros Islet
Ground-staff manage rain-drenched covers at the Darren Sammy Cricket Stadium on Saturday. (Photo courtesy ICC Media) (CMC) – Persistent heavy showers forced the abandonment of the Group A contest of...
View ArticlePollster says political process needed to get approval for Caribbean Court of...
(CMC) – The head of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES), Peter Wickham, says apolitical process is needed for Caribbean countries to fully embrace the Trinidad-based...
View ArticleSaint Lucia to host trade show with Taiwan
(CMC) – St. Lucia will host the 11th annual St. Lucia-Taiwan Partnership Trade Show later this month with the organisers hoping that the three-day event will allow for stakeholders from both countries...
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