Thursday, April 25, 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...

Dreamland Farm final resting place for Bunny Wailer

Kingston - Dreamland Farm, the 142-acre estate located snugly on the border of St Thomas and Portland, will be the final resting place for...

US offers temporary residency to Venezuelans

Washington – In a shift in the United States’ policy toward Venezuela, the Joe Biden administration is offering temporary residency to hundreds of thousands...

Officials confirm UK variant of coronavirus spreading in Jamaica

Kingston - The highly contagious United Kingdom variant of the coronavirus called B.1.1.7 has been confirmed to be spreading in Jamaica. The development was announced...

Jamaica gets first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

Kingston – Jamaica received its first shipment of 50 000 doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines on Monday. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, donated by the Government of India, arrived...

Former Petrojam chairman charged with 12 counts of fraud

Kingston – The former chairman of Petrojam, Dr Perceval Bahado-Singh, has been slapped with multiple fraud charges related to US$73 620 that he allegedly...

US Coast Guard transfers Cubans to Bahamian officials

Miami – The United States Coast Guard on Friday transferred six Cuban migrants to Bahamian authorities after they were found stranded on Anguilla Cay...