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NASSAU, Bahamas, April 23 205 – The Bahamian government has announced plans to deport 290 undocumented Haitians. Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell, in a statement to Parliament on Wednesday said the government will charter two planes to take the Haitians home. “I bring this to the attention of the country to demonstrate that it remains an annoying, consistent and expensive problem…these flights...

Saint Lucia -- Kim John and Francis Phillip, the men accused of setting fire to worshippers in the Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Castries 15 years ago, have been sentenced to life in prison. The sentence was handed down on Friday April 24th, in the High Court. The men had pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the Privy Council canned their...

Members of the the Special Services Unit (SSU) conducted a search of a gang of young people who were loitering and using obscene languages on Micoud Street, opposite the Cathedral, on Friday. The police acted after some members of the gang shouted “F&@^# the police” as the SSU van passed by. Among the group of males were four students...

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HE the Governor Christina Scott has this afternoon, Thursday 23 April, formally sworn-in the new Government of Anguilla in accordance with Section 24 of the Constitution of Anguilla. Mr Victor Banks, of Valley South has been appointed to the office of Chief Minister of Anguilla. He will be supported in Government by three Ministers: Ms...

  UK - Friday 24 April 2015 - In its capacity as the Secretariat for the CPA British Islands and Mediterranean, CPA UK organised an Election Observer Mission (EOM) to Anguilla for its general election which took place on 22 April 2015. The Mission was present in Anguilla from 12 April 2015 meeting relevant stakeholders and observing electoral processes following an...

~ Under certain conditions ~ PHILIPSBURG--Authorities have given permission for eleven-year-old sensation Tamelia to perform at the Zouk and More International Concert set for Carnival Village on April 29 from 8:00pm. St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) had asked Labour Minister Rita Bourne-Gumbs for clarity on the matter after Inspector General Dr. Earl Best said the Labour Inspectorate would be investigating...

UPDATE: Group of masked men shot Smith? More details have reached BVI News Online, indicating that a group of men in black clothing and masks may have been responsible for the wounding of Butu Mountain resident Terry Smith shortly after 8pm last evening (April 23) in Road Town, Tortola. The victim, who shot while being pursued through the streets, is still...

THE BOTTOM, Saba - The investigation with the code-name Hector into the death on April 15th of a young woman found dead in The Bottom, Saba has intensified this week by the Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office. At the Dutch Forensic Institute (NFI) in Rijswijk this week an autopsy was carried out on the woman's body and the provisional...

  By BBC News A powerful earthquake has rocked central Nepal, causing extensive damage to buildings and dozens of injuries, eyewitnesses say. The quake measured 7.9 and struck an area between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, the US Geological Survey said. Tremors were felt across the region, as far afield as Pakistan, Bangladesh and neighbouring India. A Nepali minister said there...

PHILIPSBURG--Well-known businessman and philanthropist Imran McSood Amjad was among seven persons who each received a Royal decoration in honour of King's Day to be marked on Monday, April 27. Amjad and the other recipients were all inducted as Members in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. The decorations were pinned on the recipients by Governor Eugene Holiday at a reception at The...