Thursday, March 28, 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...

Roach set to chart a new path for Grenada’s tourism

ST GEORGE’S – Petra Roach was formally appointed the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA). GTA chairman Barry Collymore said Roach,...

UK boosts volcano relief to SVG

An estimated 13 000 people affected by the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent will benefit from close to U.S. $700...

Robertson: No scientific link between La Soufriere eruption and geothermal drilling

Kingstown – Linking geothermal energy exploration to the eruption of La Soufriere is like expecting a skin-deep injection to puncture one’s heart, geologist Professor...

Rowley, US officials discuss COVID vaccine redistribution

Port of Spain – On the same day that the United States announced that it plans to share millions of doses of the AstraZeneca...

PAHO urges countries to close immunisation gap

Washington – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Monday urged countries to close the immunisation gap that resulted in hundreds of thousands of...

US$300 000 in UNDP funding for St Vincent

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has mobilised US$300 000 from UNDP Core Funding towards the relief efforts for St...