Three men were detained by the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard as they attempted to smuggle drug into Curaçao yesterday. The coast guard reported that a helicopter team spotted a vessel entering into Curaçao waters in a known smuggling route. A patrol vessel was activated and it intercepted...
Former Premier of the Virgin Islands, Andrew Fahie, was granted a new bail offer when he appeared in the South Florida Federal Court yesterday, May 23, after a judge struck down the United States prosecutors’ appeal against the initial bail offer he received in early...
[caption id="attachment_17498" align="alignleft" width="300"] Legendary West Indies captain, Sir Vivian Richards.[/caption] National hero and cricketing doyen, Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards is to receive the Order of the Caribbean Community, Caricom’s highest honour. The secretariat of the 15-member regional bloc has written to the Government of...
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has urged labour leaders not to “overreact” after they threatened to shut down the country over the government’s latest wage offer to public sector workers. Public sector trade unions Friday rejected a two per cent wage increase offered by the government...
[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has called for the removal of “fictitious” imposition of barriers to intra-regional trade, especially within the agricultural sector, urging also that agricultural workers be allowed free movement within...