Prime Minister Mia Mottley paid tribute to journalist Patrick Hoyos who passed away early this morning at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after a bout with cancer.
Mottley described Hoyos as “the consummate…

THE VALLEY – The main opposition Anguilla Progressive Movement (APM) won Monday’s general election in this British Overseas Territory, winning seven of the 11 seats, according to the preliminary results…

West Indies batting icon Sir Everton Weekes is dead. 
Sir Everton, who had been ailing for the last few months, passed away at his Christ Church home around mid-day.
Barbados Cricket Association…

MELBOURNE – Authorities will lock down around 300 000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of double-digit rises in new…

BARCELONA – Barcelona gave up more ground to Real Madrid in La Liga’s football title race on Tuesday after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Atletico Madrid as a late penalty from Saul Niguez cancelled…

Port of Spain – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Tuesday said that they had foiled a “well-orchestrated plan to destabilise the country” and had arrested 72 people as protesters blocked roads…

Bridgetown – The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) said today Montserrat’s application to rejoin the group was approved unanimously at the annual general meeting on June 28.
Montserrat…

Kingston – Digicel announced today it will cease all paid advertising activities on Facebook platforms globally in July, as the company takes a stand against hate speech online.
The telecommunications…

Bonbonnet, France – Plantation Rum announced on June 29 that its brand name will change.
The Plantation portfolio is a collection of award-winning rums, several of which are produced at the company’s…

The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed “safe” to be let in from July 1, despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – but the US, Brazil and China are excluded.
Those named include…