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Dr Gonsalves flown to Barbados for MRI scan Gonsalves injured during protest Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves had to be flown out to Barbados for an MRI last night after he was struck on his head around 5.15 pm when a protest on the streets of Kingstown escalated yesterday. The Prime Minister, with blood staining his white shirt, was taken […More]

ST LUCIA SETS TO WELCOME A NEW PRIME MINISTER Opposition Claims Victory In St. Lucia Elections News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. July 27, 2021: Voters in St. Lucia seems to have sent the incumbent United Workers Party (UWP) packing Monday, as the main opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) claimed victory today. Preliminary results indicate that the SLP could win as […More]

LeRoy Clarke Is No More! According to ‘Early Breaking News’ LeRoy Clarke Is No More! Master LeRoy Clarke died today (7/27/21) at his home ‘The Legacy House’ in Cascade around 6 am this morning. Relatives confirmed his death of the News. They said “He was ailing prior to his death”. He was born on November 7, 1938. LeRoy Clarke is […More]

ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT WIFE RETURNS TO HAITI The wife of Haiti’s assassinated President Martine Moïse has returned from Miami to bury her husband. She was wounded in the July 7th attack at their private home. The first lady returned home last Saturday after her release from a Miami hospital. Her arrival was unannounced and surprised many in the country of more than 11 […More]

PRESIDENT OF HAITI ASSASSINATED THIS MORNING Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated after a group of unidentified people attacked his private residence, the country’s interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday. First Lady Martine Moïse is hospitalized following the attack late Tuesday, interim Premier Claude Joseph said. Joseph condemned what he called […More]

St Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet Rings The Election Bell Saint Lucia’s General Election set for July 26. Saint Lucians will go to the polls on July 26, 2021. Prime Minister Allen Chastanet made the announcement moments ago in an address to the nation dubbed “Looking ahead to a new Saint Lucia.” Chastanet spent most of the address touting his […More]

CARICOM Chair praises creation of regional institutions; wants Community to ‘Breathe Again’ As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to confront challenges on several fronts, Chairman, Prime Minister Gaston Browne, is lauding the establishment of several institutions which are at forefront of the Region’s responses. In an address to the opening of the Forty-Second Meeting of the Conference of Heads of […More]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed its fifth review of Barbados’ Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme. Following the review, which was conducted virtually from May 3-7, IMF team leader Bert Van Selm released a statement saying: ‘Barbados’ economy remains severely depressed by the ongoing global pandemic. Tourism came to a virtual standstill from April 2020 onwards and remains […More]

Duke fined $1,200 for making false fire report Public Service Association (PSA) President Watson Duke has been fined $1,200 for making a false fire report in 2017. Duke, who was found guilty of the offence by Magistrate Avion Gill in March, was sentenced by her during a virtual hearing, a short while ago. In passing the sentence, Gill said that […More]

Prime Minister’s Media Conference – Wednesday 03rd February 2021 The Government is working assiduously to procure additional COVID-19 vaccines for the population of Trinidad and Tobago. Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley said the additional sources will complement the initial 100,000 to 120,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the COVAX facility that is expected to arrive […More]