Friday, April 26, 2024

Regional

British national hospitalised after shark attack

SCARBOROUGH – A 64 year-old British national has been taken to the Scarborough General Hospital, after being attacked by a bull shark on Friday morning, the Chief Secretary of...

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the...

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...

Only a lean LIAT, says Browne

St John’s – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is prepared to “collapse” the regional airline, LIAT, if it does not emerge as...

Man sues Caribbean Airlines over drugs in luggage

NEW YORK – Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines, has been slapped with a multi-million dollar lawsuit by a Guyanese man who was held at New...

Man breaks leg trying to jump out of quarantine centre

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – An investigation was launched following an incident in which a man, who sneaked onto the compound of a safe quarantine...

CARICOM decries latest EU blacklisting

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping says it “deplores the ongoing unilateral, arbitrary and non-transparent blacklisting strategy” employed by the European...

Barbadian man fined, jailed on drug charges in Guyana

Georgetown – A 51-year-old Barbadian national was on Friday jailed for four years and fined GUY$51 million after he appeared in court following a...

LIAT likely to resume flights in November

St John’s – The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, which is undergoing a restructuring programme, is likely to return to the skies in November, a...