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...

LIAT cancels several flights ahead of weather system

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise that due to the impending passage of Hurricane Danny, it has been forced to cancel the...

Tropical Storm Danny expected to strengthen

AT 5 A.M. THE centre of Tropical Storm Danny was located near latitude 11.3° north, longitude 40.2° west, or about 1 445 miles east...

Kingston water sources run dry, Portmore to bear brunt

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Residents of Portmore in St Catherine are expected to be hit hard this week as the National Water Commission (NWC) moves...

LIAT releases strong network performance figures

ST JOHN’S – LIAT has announced strong network performance figures, in terms of passenger numbers, revenue and yield, when comparing figures for July 2015...

Jamaica pressing ahead with ganja legislation

KINGSTON – Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton, says he expects to receive final recommendations to guide the development of the regulations...

Major road improvement project for St Lucia

CASTRIES – The Choc Bay-Gros Islet Road Improvement Project will double the carrying capacity of the Castries-Gros Islet Highway, and improve the speed and...