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The Dormaahene dropped a brand-new car on Jennifer Addae after she locked down valedictorian status at the University of Energy and Natural Resources with a 3.95 GPA in chemistry. Osagyefo Oseadeayo Agyemang Badu II announced the school's graduation ceremony in Sunyani, and he said top...

The US Embassy in Accra confirmed that nine Ghanaians got shipped to America this year over cybercrime charges, and Chargé d'Affaires Rolf Olson told reporters the suspects allegedly ran financial scams that hit victims for millions through online impersonation schemes. He made it clear that...

Dominica's PM Roosevelt Skerrit says his country could step in to cool things down between Washington and Caracas if either side wants help, and he keeps pushing the whole Caribbean-as-a-peace-zone angle while American military ops ramp up around Venezuela. He pointed out that Dominica has...

Trinidad and Tobago signed off on letting American military planes use their airports over the next few weeks, and the opposition is losing it over what the government keeps calling a standard logistics thing. Foreign Minister Sean Sobers says it covers supply runs and crew swaps, and he pointed...

Jamaica's tourism sector hit a major comeback marker after Hurricane Melissa tore through as a Category 5 storm, with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett confirming over 300,000 people have shown up since the disaster. The count covers both cruise passengers and regular arrivals, and all the big...

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness had to tell everyone that Christmas parties are not banned after social media started spreading fake news claiming the government shut down all holiday celebrations following Hurricane Melissa. The confusion came from a Cabinet announcement that only...

Jamaica plans to ditch the emergency food handout system and switch hurricane victims over to vouchers by next month so people can actually buy what they need instead of getting stuck with random care packages. Ambassador Rocky Meade from the Prime Minister's office told Parliament that the...

Dominica opposition leader Thomson Fontaine barely held onto his job after beating Pastor Randy Rodney by eight votes in the United Workers Party leadership race, and he told everyone to stop tearing the party apart from the inside if they actually want to win elections. The economist pulled 83...

RJRGLEANER Communications Group CEO Anthony Smith died after getting sick for a short period, and the Jamaican media company dropped the news over the weekend. Smith took the top job back in early 2024 after working as deputy chief for print and digital operations since late 2022, and his...

Antigua and Barbuda just locked down visa deals with the UAE, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Benin after Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene told Parliament the country wants better travel options for its citizens while building economic connections. Greene said the arrangements are meant to...

CARICOM's crime agency helped Virgin Islands cops pull off a massive drug bust that netted over 772 kilos of cocaine and six arrests after intelligence reports flagged sketchy boat activity in local waters. The December operation brought together the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, customs...

A jury in St. Thomas nailed former US Virgin Islands budget director Jenifer O'Neal on bribery and money laundering charges after prosecutors showed she approved fake invoices worth an extra $70,000 that were supposed to fund ex-Police Commissioner Ray Martinez's restaurant. O'Neal, who came...

The Dominican Republic just let the US military park some aircraft at San Isidro Air Base and Las Américas International Airport for Caribbean operations that involve surveillance and transport missions. The government approved temporary permits for planes like the KC-130 tanker and C-130...

The US and Canada hyped up a December conference in New York where 18 countries pledged troops and resources for Haiti's Gang Suppression Force after the place kept getting wrecked by violent gangs. Chad apparently offered 1,500 soldiers, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka threw in combat units, and...

Zimbabwe police threw an awards ceremony for detectives who nabbed the crew suspected of murdering businessman Joseph Mutangadura, and Commissioner Crispen Charumbira said Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba wants cops locking up over 20,000 criminals before February hits. The Criminal...

A UN prison advisor swung through Zimbabwe and basically fanboyed over how the corrections system runs things with actual humanity instead of just warehousing people. Meissner Phillip from the crime prevention unit said Commissioner General Moses Chihobvu and the Pathways to Reintegration...

President Mnangagwa commissioned 60 new garbage trucks for Geo Pomona Waste Management and told everyone that cities need to stop being trash heaps since the country was just got voted the best travel destination for 2025. The president said waste management needs to transform from bleeding...

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube told business people at a Bulawayo budget meeting that Zimbabwe is about to hit a golden era with single-digit inflation expected by early 2026 for the first time since 1997. The government dropped the ZiG currency back in April 2024, and inflation already fell from...

ZANU-PF is going hard with door-to-door campaigning for the Nkulumane Constituency by-election after the seat opened up when CCC legislator Desire Moyo died. Candidate Freedom Murechu said the party hit up almost three-quarters of voters through house visits since people stopped showing up to...

Former Warriors midfielder Esrom Nyandoro thinks assistant coach Kaitano Tembo could be the secret weapon for Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations run in Morocco. Nyandoro said Tembo's background playing at elite African competitions, plus his knowledge of South African Premiership players, gives...