The Antigua and Barbuda government is set to auction off a multi-million dollar superyacht said to be owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev which the government claims has been abandoned in the Caribbean since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
Cruise ships in the Caribbean are increasingly picking up stranded migrants in inadequate vessels, often saving their lives. The majority are Cubans trying to escape extreme poverty.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force made 332 arrests and major seizures of illegal guns and drugs during the first quarter of the year.
Trinidad’s crime situation has worsened so much recently that the business community is calling for a resumption of hanging of criminals.
Jamaica’s alarming murder rate has decreased for the first time in years although figures are still high for such a small island.
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchel will speak at the State of the Black World Conference next week and make a tribute to Maurice Bishop, the former Prime Minister who was murdered in a coup in 1983.
Dominica will have a new medical school opening in Portsmouth later this year. It will launch in the town of Picard, according to Carey James, president of the American Canadian School of Medicine.
The Antigua and Barbuda government said the West Africans who are missing and feared dead when a stolen 30-foot boat sank off the coast of St Kitts last week were not trafficked migrants, as speculation spreads.
The Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival returns this year from May 5-14, featuring headline performances from Sting with Shaggy, as well as many more mega acts like reggae queen Shenseea.
Jamaica Carnival is back and inviting visitors to experience the incredible atmosphere across the island during a week of celebrations kicking off on April 12.