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...

Guyana condemns Venezuela’s detention of fishing boats

Georgetown – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed reports that two Guyanese registered fishing vessels – the Lady Nayera and the Sea Wolf –...

Opportunity for temporary stipend in Cayman Islands

Georgetown – Workers in the local tourism industry who have been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will, this week, have another opportunity to...

Jamaica sets economic growth target

KINGSTON – Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, says the prospects of Jamaica rebounding from the economic fallout of the...

British Airways cuts service to Bermuda

Hamilton – British Airways (BA) has announced a further cut to service between Bermuda and the United Kingdom because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The airline –...

No new restrictions as Trinidad records first case of COVID variant B117

Port Of Spain – As health officials urged the population not to panic about the discovery of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 here,...

Use measures to control virus, says PAHO head

Washington – The director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Dr Carissa F. Etienne has urged the region of the Americas, including the...