By: Staff Writer January 5, 2021 The United States Coast Guard suspended its search on Friday for an overdue vessel between the Bahamas and South Florida, one day afterwards the…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
Coast Guard admiral talks about human trafficking from Bahamas, drug trafficking and policing South Florida waters
From: The Orlando Sun Sentinel January 5, 2020 Top U.S. Coast Guard officer warns against cocaine smuggling from Colombia and Venezuela and sees human trafficking from The Bahamas as a…
Caribbean Hotel magnate Gordon “Butch” Stewart is dead.
By: Staff Writer January 5, 2021 Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the Jamaican-born hospitality and hotel mogul who founded the Sandals Resorts International, one of the Caribbean’s most well-known, all-inclusive luxury vacation…
SVG’s active La Soufriere volcano can become explosive in 48 hours says UWI experts!
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2021 A top Caribbean volcanologist said that the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent (SVG) can become explosive in 48 hours or less, urges people…
Peter Nygard sex trafficking case- “Premature” if Bahamian officials to be called as witnesses, says lawyer!
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2021 The lawyer for jailed Canadian fashion mogul, Peter Nygard, says that it is too early to say if Bahamian officials will be called in…
Ancient DNA reveals details about the Caribbean’s first settlers- They nearly wiped each other out 1,000 years before the Spanish arrival.
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2021 A new study by a Harvard professor along with Bahamian researchers have found that not all indigenous Arawak and Lucayan Indians were killed by…
Hurricanes Eta and Iota raise risk of starvation in Central America- a hungry 2021 for 6m is forecasted!
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2021 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSN) says that Central America is at an increased risk of starvation due to the effects of Hurricanes…
Grenadian opposition calls “vendetta” on government handling of Energy Company shares.
By: Staff Writer January 1, 2020 Grenada opposition party calls the handling of the power company by the government “reckless” fueled by “personal vendettas.” The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in…
Death threats and gang violence forcing more families to flee northern Central America – UNHCR and UNICEF survey
By:Staff Writer January 1, 2021 Death threats, gang recruitment, extortion and other forms of targeted violence are driving more families in northern Central America to flee their homes and seek…
Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants could Rise to 7m in 2021 warns OAS
By: Staff Writer Janaury 1, 2021 A new report prepared by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) warns that the number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants…
Switzerland to return $150m in money stolen by Robert Allen Stanford.
From: Reuters News January 1, 2021 Switzerland will return $150m from blocked Swiss bank accounts by the end of the year to the United States to be given to victims…