Antigua & Barbuda bans travellers from Ebola countries

October 17, 2014 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – “Effective immediately,” Antigua & Barbuda has instituted a travel ban on people coming from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries currently stricken with a significant number of cases of the deadly Ebola virus. In an exclusive interview last...

CARICOM willing to play reparations hardball

October 16, 2014 in Regional

Prime Minister Gaston Browne, in the strongest terms, has given his government’s commitment to the regional push to secure reparations for slavery. His endorsement was announced at the second Regional Conference on Reparations, which the nation hosted this week. “Just imagine what our region would have been...

Ban on West African nationals

October 15, 2014 in Regional

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Oct 15, CMC - St. Vincent and the Grenadines has placed a ban on nationals from will Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, entering the island, as Caribbean countries continue to put in place measures to deal with a possible outbreak of the...