LIAT and Pilots Back on Track: Industrial Action Ends With Pay Agreement
Travel on regional airline LIAT is back to normal after management of the carrier struck a deal with pilots to end a three-day strike. ... Read More...
The LIAT impasse is over and a Caribbean country signals it willingness to aid the airline
Grenada has indicated its willingness to subsidize the cash-strapped regional carrier, LIA. Over the years Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines has called for Caribbean countries t... Read More...
Overfishing, reef decline threaten greater Caribbean and Pacific island fisheries
Overfishing and the degradation of coral reefs across the Caribbean and Pacific islands are pushing many fish, including food sources like tunas and groupers, towards extinction. ... Read More...
Students face prosecution over viral video beating
A group of secondary school students in Barbados are facing criminal prosecution after a video went viral showing the brutal beating of a young girl. ... Read More...
Nearly 600 people murdered during the first six months in Jamaica
Nearly 600 people were murdered in Jamaica during the first six months of this year. ... Read More...
First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron finally move into the White House
Melania Trump and son Barron have moved into the White House - five months after her husband Donald took office. Mrs Trump and her son, 11, had stayed in New York to finish the school year. ... Read More...
Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook
A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.... Read More...
Proposed Trump budget cuts could pose security danger for Caribbean, United States
Caribbean leaders say proposed cuts to the U.S. State Department’s foreign aid budget could have serious implications for the region and the United States at a time when there is increasing concern about terror... Read More...
Carnival Queen contestants’ schools tour
On Friday June 2, the eight contestants vying for the National Carnival Queen crown visited three schools to interact with the students.... Read More...
LIAT seeks injunction to force pilots to fly
LIAT has applied for an injunction seeking to temporarily get the pilots back into the cockpits of the ATR 72 planes. The pilots are demanding higher wages.... Read More...