[caption id="attachment_14326" align="alignleft" width="300"] People making their way to a shelter in St Vincent[/caption] KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A fourth form secondary school student died Wednesday night after he was crushed by a boulder as he tried to alleviate flooding in his home during the...
Facing backlash over her support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Etana has apologised to Jamaicans for endorsing the controversial real estate billionaire. “My recent remarks were made against the background of the real fear of terrorist attacks and acts of random violence that are so...
Some of LIAT’s flights across the region have been grounded. After calling off flights yesterday because of what was then a tropical wave, the Antigua-based carrier issued an advisory indicating that except for a few flights between Antigua, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, St. Croix and Tortola,...
Organizers have called off a festival celebrating Haiti’s Afro-Caribbean lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community because of threats of violence and government opposition. Jean Danton Leger, commissioner of Port-au-Prince, said he had blocked the Massimadi festival to protect public morals. The decision followed Haitian lawmaker Senator...
Catholic Bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) has called on governments and citizens in the region to work towards the abolition of the death penalty. The Bishops issued a statement on the matter during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which is a period of prayer...