St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Timothy Harris  By Melanius AlphonseCaribbean News Now associate managing [email protected] BASSETERRE, St Kitts – The arrest of Alki David by the anti-narcotics unit of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) at RLB International Airport on May 9, 2019, on three warrants for drug importation, possession […]

Montserrat fisherfolk and local stakeholders capturing and reviewing clips for the video.  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –– The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), in collaboration with Montserrat stakeholders, have created a new video entitled “Our Changing Fisheries: Voices from Montserrat.” The video features local voices and perspectives from fisherfolks, coastal and marine resource users on […]

SDGs Knowledge Platform  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caribbean Civil Society SDGs Knowledge Platform is now live. Created as an online virtual space to connect people and organisations with information on or an interest in the role of Caribbean civil society in implementing the 2030 sustainable development agenda and sustainable development goals, it gives […]

American airline  By Ray ChickrieCaribbean News Now contributor GEORGETOWN, Guyana – One World Alliance member, American Airlines (AA), ended Caribbean Airlines (CAL)’s monopoly on the New York City JFK/Georgetown, Guyana (GEO) route when tickets went on sale on Monday at competitive and cheaper fares than what CAL has been offering Guyanese citizens. Average return tickets […]

Petition signatures up to May 4, 2019  BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The Citizens Against High Intra-Regional Caribbean Travel Taxes has announced that its Change.org petition has reached 10,000 signatures. The issue of Taxes, Fees and Charges (TFCs) in air transport has been a source of controversy globally. Regional travel is the platform for growth and sustaining education, […]

Alki David arrested at St Kitts-Nevis airport By Caribbean News Now contributor BASSETERRE, St Kitts – In the midst of a media blast by Alki David and Chase Ergen having formed an international-regional consortium to invest in Caribbean cannabis aimed at developing cannabis businesses in the Eastern Caribbean nations such as St Kitts and Nevis, […]

St Kitts-Nevis marijuana By Caribbean News Now contributor BASSETERRE, St Kitts – The government of St Kitts and Nevis has been given a time frame as of Friday by a High Court judge to amend the drug laws in the twin-island federation after determining at least two provisions of the Drugs Act were unconstitutional concerning […]

President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Anika Kentish By Jermine Abel BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) – One leading regional journalist believes that the media is a vital component in democracy. That view is being expressed by president of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers, Anika Kentish. Kentish in an address that recognised May […]