Jamaican authorities are in talks with counterparts in the United States on measures to stem the flow of illegal guns onto the island. The Jamaican crime rate has soared in recent years and the use of firearms has increased alarmingly.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has called a snap general election on December 6, much to the annoyance of the two main opposition parties who have called for a total boycott.
Former Cayman resident John Felder is so excited he can barely sleep. That’s because the 78-year-old electric vehicle salesman has just received a historic license from the American government to sell his motors to Cuban nationals.
Jamaican music is so universally loved and played that Prime Minister Andrew Holness is building a school to train talented dancehall and reggae entertainers, deejays, and musicians.
Honduras will authorise the use of the morning-after pill for rape victims after more than a decade of total restrictions, the country’s health minister has announced, though a complete ban on abortion continues.
Antigua Airways’ inaugural launch from West Africa happened last week, despite doubts that it would and without the main investor, a Nigerian businessman, being on the flight.
Antigua and Grenada have solidly forged links with West Africa this week.
Dominica’s World Creole Festival made a welcome return with fabulous performances from Burna Boy, Kes the Band, Sizzla, Shenseea and TK International over the weekend.
A Cuban lesbian couple that had been dating for seven years became one of the first same-sex couple to be legally married there last week.
Montego Bay, Jamaica’s tourism capital, is investing US$100 million into the construction of a multipurpose vacation and residential resort that will revitalise the north coast city.