Hurricane Bud grew to Category 3 force off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, but forecasters said it was likely to weaken before a possible brush with the resort-dotted southern tip of the Baja California peninsula late in the week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Bud...
From the beginning of next month, Bahamians will be paying significantly more in Value Added Tax (VAT). It will increase from 7.5 per cent to 12 per cent. The increase comes three and a half years after VAT was introduced. Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest explained that...
The death toll from Sunday’s powerful earthquake in Guatemala has climbed past 100. As of late yesterday, officials said the death toll was put at 109, according to the Central American country’s disaster and forensic agency. Rescuers were still searching for survivors from the eruption of the...
A newly-elected Caribbean government says it will consider the issue of decriminalizing marijuana even as Canada on Thursday night voted to approve the legalization of recreational pot with a vote of 56 to 30. The Barbados Labor Party, (BLP), government, made the disclosure this week in...
The majority of Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries abstained from a vote at the Organisation of American States (OAS) as the hemispheric body approved a resolution calling for an extraordinary assembly to vote on suspending Venezuela from the 34-member group. The resolution was spearheaded by the United...