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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has stripped Saint Lucia of its visa-free travel arrangement with the United Kingdom, in a decision that has ignited fury across the Caribbean — and forced an uncomfortable question that the government appears unwilling to answer: how can a country that opened its doo…
Dancehall fans across Jamaica and the wider diaspora are rallying around Kiprich and his partner, Kizzy Don, as the couple mourns the heartbreaking loss of their newborn daughter, Miracle.
Mia Mottley and Trevor Noah Deliver the Caribbean Masterclass the World Needed
A profound wave of grief is sweeping across the Caribbean and the global reggae community following the sudden passing of Stephen “Cat” Coore, the legendary co‑founder, guitarist, cellist, and musical director of the iconic band Third World.
Domininca has agreed to accept refugees from the U.S. to help lift visa restrictions imposed on the Island by the Trump Administration
A political storm erupts in St. Kitts & Nevis as former PM warns “Project Destiny” drags the nation back to the era of Trans‑Atlantic slavery.
The Southern Caribbean remains on edge this weekend as U.S. Marines set to conduct traning exercises with Trinidad and Tobago Defence Forces amid escalating tensions with Venezuela
Jamaica to Airlift Food Aid into Communities Cut Off by Hurricane Melissa as U.S. Disaster Team Arrives on Island
As Hurricane Melissa’s eye wall closed in on Jamaica’s southern coast, a Weather Channel presenter—bald, visibly shaken, and standing amid roaring winds—delivered one of the most haunting live reports of the storm so far.
Jamaica is under a full Hurricane Warning tonight as a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa, barrels toward the island with sustained winds nearing 90 mph and the potential to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane by landfall.
Melissa is intensifying in the central Caribbean, with Hurricane Hunters confirming sustained winds of 65 mph and a central pressure drop to 998 mb—a clear sign of strengthening. The storm is currently located 260 miles south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, moving west at 13 mph.
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA — Grenada’s government has confirmed that the United States has formally requested permission to install radar equipment and deploy technical personnel at the Maurice Bishop International Airport—barely 100 miles from Venezuela’s northern coast.
