DR deploys troops to border with Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO – The Dominican Armed Forces deployed 7 200 troops on the border with Haiti and so far this year intercepted and returned...
Jamaica’s govt to spend billions on recovery and vaccination plan
Kingston – The Government is to spend JCA$60 billion (US$398 million) to implement a Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine Programme for Jamaica (SERVE),...
Body calls on Jamaica to repeal buggery laws
KINGSTON – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the Government of Jamaica should immediately repeal the country’s buggery laws.
The ruling,...
CARICOM asks WHO to host meeting on COVID vaccine distribution
Geneva – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday reiterated its call for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to host an international summit on distribution...
Grenada continues vaccination programme
ST GEORGE’S – Within the first eight days of Grenada receiving its first shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 146 people received the initial...
Trinidad vaccines came from Barbados
The Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago last night issued a correction after Minister Terrence Deyalsingh earlier stated the COVID-19 vaccine donations did...