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Mia Mottley’s BLP takes all 30 electoral seats in landslide victory
Reuters - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Thursday celebrated a landslide victory in the Caribbean nation's first general election since it became a republic last year by removing Britain's queen as sovereign head of state.…
Walsh pleased with medical and fitness camp
CWI - The West Indies Women’s players have started the year with great energy, according to Head Coach Courtney Walsh. A squad of the region’s best players are in Barbados for a Cricket West Indies (CWI) medical and fitness camp and Walsh…
West Indies Women’s squad named for ODI series in South Africa
CWI - Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Selection Panel on Saturday named an 18-member squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa Women at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg from January 25 to February…
Guyana police can now respond with stun guns instead of real guns
Guyana Chronicle - AMENDMENTS to the Police Act have now paved the way for members of the Guyana Police Force to use less lethal weapons such as pepper spray, tasers and stun guns when responding to certain cases where civilians physically…
Gasoline truck explodes in northern Haiti, dozens killed
(AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year.
The blast occurred late Monday in the…
Government introduces legislation to outlaw Ponzi and other pyramid schemes
CMC - The Trinidad and Tobago government has tabled legislation in Parliament providing for a TT$10 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) and 10 years in jail for anyone who establishes or operates a Ponzi or pyramid scheme.
Finance…
Over 500 Bahamians subscribe to cruise port IPO; $11 million raised thus far
EW News - The Nassau Cruise Port (NCP) has attracted in excess of 500 subscriptions to its Bahamas Investment Fund (BIF) offering thus far, with a total value exceeding $11 million.
Angelo Butler – senior analyst at CFAL, the book runner…
Court awards multi-million dollar compensation to Jamaican woman
CMC - Acting Chief Justice Roxane George on Wednesday awarded compensation totalling GUY$3.1 million (One Guyana dollar = US$0.008 cents) to a 56-year-old Jamaican woman who had been illegally detained in prison for eight months.
Attorney…
T&T: Police Service Commission completely crumbles as chairman resigns
CMC - The chairman of the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC) resigned on Thursday amid controversy over the selection of the twin-island republic’s next top cop.
A brief statement from the Office of the President indicated that…
CJ’s laments unused rights under Treaty of Chaguaramas
Barbados Today - President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Justice Adrian Saunders has bemoaned the fact that Caribbean people, for the most part, have not been making greater use of their rights under the Revised Treaty of…