Friday, April 26, 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...

Hurricane Matthew kills at least 17, takes aim at Bahamas, US

PORT-AU-PRINCE/GUANTANAMO, CUBA – Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, powered toward the Bahamas and Florida's eastern coast early on Wednesday...

Impact of Hurricane Matthew a concern for Commonwealth

HURRICANE MATTHEW THREATENS to inflict further severe damage on island nations of the Caribbean as it continues its path of destruction, and there is...

OUR CARIBBEAN: The challenge of good governance

IN TODAY’S COLUMN I wish to share with readers my humble deep concerns relating to two major issues of public interest.One pertains to probity...

Guyana modernising police stations

GEORGETOWN – Eighteen police stations across the country will be rehabilitated under the second component of the Citizen Security Strengthening Programme. This component seeks...

Red Cross starts relief efforts in Haiti

THE HAITIAN RED Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross have started responding to the Hurricane Matthew disaster in Haiti.A release issued...

Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti, heads for Cuba and then US

LES CAYES, Haiti – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade slammed Haiti on Tuesday with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging...