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The St Lucia airport project corruption probe – Part 3

By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor melanius@caribbeannewsnow.com CASTRIES, St Lucia — The story so far: In 2014, the then Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government of Saint Lucia submitted a formal request to the US Justice Department for assistance in its ongoing investigation into an alleged corrupt agreement between a South Florida businessman…

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Isaac expected to bring tropical storm conditions to parts of Lesser Antilles early Thursday

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA — Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to bring storm force winds and heavy rain to parts of the Lesser Antilles from about 2:00 am Thursday morning. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Dominica, Guadeloupe and Martinique. Tropical storm watches are in effect for Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts…

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Jamaica Set for Tourism Resilience Summit

  By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica is set to host a major new tourism conference this week. It’s called the Tourism Resilience Summit, and it’s bringing together stakeholders from the Caribbean and the Americas to look at ways to build resilience across the region. That includes addressing disruptive challenges from climate change to cybercrime….

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WestJet’s Swoop Is Launching Its First Nonstop Caribbean Flights

  By the Caribbean Journal staff Earlier this year, Canadian carrier WestJet launched its new low-cost airline, Swoop. And it seemed like it was only a matter of time before the new carrier launched its first Caribbean flights. Well, its happened. Swoop has announced plans to launch its first Caribbean route, with nonstop flights from…

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