Friday, March 29, 2024

Regional

Minor stabs relative to death

NASSAU – The murder toll in The Bahamas climbed to 34 so far this year after two people, including a 25-year-old man, who was stabbed to death by a...

Sir Hilary to address UN

KINGSTON – Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, will address the...

IMF approves more funds for Suriname

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Suriname a waiver for nonobservance of a performance criterion and will...

Haiti one step away from famine, warns UN

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ulrika Richardson, is warning that the situation in...

Haiti: US sending flight to evacuate citizens as violence continues

The United States government is organizing a charter flight for American citizens in Haiti, the US Embassy in...

Last member of Police Service Commission resigns in T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The chairman of the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC) resigned on Thursday, amid controversy over the selection of the...

St Vincent officials ponder status of teachers, school to restart

Kingstown – Government is mulling over categorising teachers as frontline workers, which means they would have to be vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in order...

Court awards multimillion-dollar compensation to Jamaican woman

Georgetown – Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George awarded compensation on Wednesday totalling GUY $3.1 million (U.S. $14 849) to a 56-year-old Jamaican woman, who...

PAHO to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine procurement

Washington – Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) director Dr Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday the public health agency is in the process of ramping...

Heat and hail in Trinidad

A brief hailstorm on Monday in Arouca was a completely normal, but rare phenomenon. Social media pages were littered with videos and photos of the...

Guyana: Imran Khan succumbs to COVID-19

Georgetown – The Director of Communications in the Opposition Leader’s Office, Imran Khan, died Tuesday as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) health officials...