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...

St Lucia records two more COVID-19 deaths

Castries – St Lucia recorded two new deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) on the weekend, bringing to eight the number of fatalities attributed to...

Guyana keeps bridge to Brazil closed

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health officials across the country on Friday announced that the Takutu River Bridge, which links the town of Lethem to Bonfim...

Experts: No explosive eruption at La Soufriere

Kingstown – The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has dismissed reports of explosive eruptions of La Soufriere after residents of North Leeward reported seeing “fire”...

Jamaica extends curfew

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration extended the islandwide curfew and all other previously announced measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act...

Busy week as Caricom works to fight pandemic

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government on Tuesday continued discussions towards initiating the economic recovery of the region which has been significantly affected by...

SVG merchants want masks to be made mandatory

KINGSTOWN – Most businesses in St Vincent and the Grenadines say it would be helpful to their operations in the current COVID-19 environment if...