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...

Caricom team to arrive in Guyana on Thursday

Georgetown – The high-level Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Observer Team tasked with scrutinising the national recount of all the votes cast in the disputed March...

PAHO director repeats immunisation call

Washington – The Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, on Tuesday called for vaccination programmes to continue during the...

Jackson leaving CDEMA

The Barbados-based the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says it executive director, Ronald Jackson, is leaving the post after seven years “of unwavering...

Drought of ‘immediate concern’

The Barbados-based the Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says long-term drought is of immediate concern in several Caribbean countries and is evolving in Aruba,...

Coronavirus patients leave Haitian hospital

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian health authorities Monday appealed to five people who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and fled a hospital...

Cuba to help South Africa

Havana – The government of Cuba on Saturday sent 216 healthcare workers to South Africa to help the country in its fight against the novel...