Imposter steals money from Caribbean Airlines at Trinidad Airport
PORT OF SPAIN - Police in Trinidad and Tobago are searching for a man who pretended to be a security officer and got away with TT$83,000 (US$12,322) from the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday. CAL issued a brief statement confirming that “an undisclosed sum of money was unlawfully removed from the Piarco International Airport on Monday More...
Caribbean tourism stakeholders work to protect and regrow coral reefs
MIAMI - Recognizing the environmental and economic value of healthy coral reefs, and the dangers posed by warmer oceans and more intense hurricanes, a group of tourism-focused organizations have joined forces to More...
Three quakes hit Caribbean overnight
BRIDGETOWN - Three earthquakes occurred in the Caribbean between last night and early this morning, with residents of several islands reporting feeling the tremors. According to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research More...
Former owner of Dominican Republic Bank jailed for scheme involving bribing Venezuelan Government officials
FLORIDA - A former owner of the Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a US$1 billion money laundering scheme involving currency exchange. Gabriel More...
UWI Seismic Research Center reports burst of 54 earthquakes off St Kitts
BASSETERRE - The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) over the weekend reported a bust of more than 50 earthquakes occurring off St Kitts in less than 24 hours. In a brief statement issued on Saturday, More...
Will Russia keep its $6bn promise to Venezuela?
CARACAS - Russian officials have cast doubt on multibillion-dollar pledges to Venezuela touted by its president Nicolás Maduro, whose crisis-wracked country has become increasingly dependent on Moscow as its most More...
UN seeks $738M to help Venezuela’s neighbors handle migrant flood
GENEVA - The United Nations said on Tuesday it was seeking $738 million in 2019 to help neighboring countries cope with the inflow of millions of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, who have “no prospect for return More...
St. Maarten: TBO searches VROMI Infrastructure offices
PHILIPSBURG - The Anti-Corruption Task Force TBO of the Kingdom Detective Cooperation Team RST and the Prosecutor’s Office continued their searches on Wednesday. This time the offices of the Ministry of Public More...
New ILO figures show 164 million people are migrant workers
GENEVA - The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 164 million people are migrant workers – a rise of 9 per cent since 2013, when they numbered 150 million. According to the 2nd edition of the More...
Tackle CSME issues head on, urges CARICOM Chairman
PORT OF SPAIN - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica, has urged a “head on” approach to tackling of complex issues during the Special CARICOM Heads of Government More...
