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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...

Four held after woman killed in church

Kingston – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange, expressed shock and outrage at the killing of a woman during a church...

Trinidad to get 100 000 doses of COVID vaccine, says minister

Port of Spain – Trinidad and Tobago has been allocated an initial 100 000 to 120 000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via...

Guyana’s govt to provide support for families of detained fishermen

Georgetown – President Irfaan Ali says the government has outlined a strategy to provide psychological, moral and other support to the families of the...

Earthquake shakes Guyana

Georgetown – Sections of Guyana were rocked by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on Sunday afternoon. According to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), it...

Bermuda experiences record low temperature

Hamilton – Bermuda residents huddled to stay warm after the North Atlantic island experienced a record low temperature for January 30 following Thursday’s fiercest...

Skerrit: COVID vaccine not mandatory

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said enough Dominicans should have received the COVID-19 vaccine in the next seven months for life in...