St. John’s Antigua- St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves will deliver a public lecturer here next Thursday as Antigua & Barbuda celebrates the 50th anniversary of the African Unity/African Union and the start of Africa Year.
Gonsalves, who has been insisting that the Caribbean must remain part of the leadership on the debate of reparation for slavery, has accepted an invitation from the Antigua & Barbuda Reparations Support Commission (RSC) to speak on the topic “The Struggle for Reparations: A Caribbean Imperative” on May 23.

NASSAU, Bahamas — The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast.
A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and traveling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being a crime victim. It says "armed robbery remains a major threat" facing Americans in Nassau.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There is a proliferation of drugs coming from the United States into Barbados and worryingly for local border patrols, an increase in illegal guns as well.
Retired Comptroller of Customs Frank Holder told the DAILY NATION that formerly, drugs were smuggled to the United States but now, the United States is one of the shipment points.
“Things have changed. Drugs are now coming from the United States with the hydroponic drugs being produced there and shipped here in the barrels which come through Shed 2.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - In his most recent interviews with the Guardian, Lawrence Duprey, former Chairman of CL Financial has his own narrative of his time at the helm of the failed financial empire. Duprey claims to have only wanted to help people save their money and to improve their standard of living. The economic downturn, in this version of the story of Clico’s failure, was the villain that laid those ambitions low.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Trinidad's Finance Minister Larry Howai Friday named a new board of directors for the cash-strapped state-owned national carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), less than 72 hours after he told legislators that the company had accumulated losses in excess of US$100 million.
Howai told a news conference that the new interim board will be chaired by former independent legislator Phillip Marshall and includes the Jamaican Dennis Lalor.