Friday, April 26, 2024

Regional

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the country gripped by deadly gang violence. A recent outbreak of violence forced...

Dominica High Court overturns ban on same-sex relations

Dominica's High Court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The court ruled...

Port of Spain General Hospital NICU baby death toll jumps to 18

Port of Spain - Two weeks after the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) announced that seven babies...

Jamaican cop killed in the line of duty

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has described as “a very sad moment” the death of police...

Political parties lash out at Haiti PM over council limbo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The Haitian parties set to form a long-awaited governing council have called for the...

PAHO says course of COVID-19 pandemic “highly uncertain”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The course of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Americas remains “highly uncertain”, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) said...

COVID-19 pandemic has wrecked our economies, CARICOM chairman tells global summit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister Gaston Browne said on Wednesday that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wrecked the economies of...

Guyana discusses border dispute with OAS

NEW YORK CITY – Guyana said it would hold steadfast to international law, rather than threats and violence in its long-running border dispute with...

Antigua & Barbuda PM to participate in U.S. president’s global COVID-19 summit

ST JOHN’S – Antigua & Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne will late Wednesday highlight Caribbean Community (CARICOM) efforts aimed at curbing the spread of...

Grenada announces new measures for burial of COVID-19 victims

St Georges – Grenada Monday announced new measures regarding the burial of persons who have succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the island...

Organisations collaborate for healthier, safer tourism

Castries – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says it has reached agreement with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to implement the...